Ex-deputy from Yeisk Alexander Korovayny left Russia

The former deputy of the Yeisk District Council and candidate for the State Duma from the Yabloko party left Russia. He reported this to Kavkaz.Realii.

“Emigration is associated with persecution at home, I was threatened with a criminal case for anti-war statements - in modern Russia the truth about the war is persecuted. As far as I know, there are materials on me in a criminal case and they were looking for me. There were two options: stay and go to prison or leave,” Korovayny told the publication. He has been in Georgia for several months now.

In May 2022, the Yeisk City Court banned Korovayny from participating in elections until 2024 at the request of the prosecutor's office. The reason was that the politician allegedly “interacted” with the extremist headquarters of Alexei Navalny, recognized in Russia.

At the end of February 2022, the ex-deputy’s apartment was searched under an article of fraud.

• In December 2021, the Council of Deputies of Yeysk deprived the deputy from the Yabloko party Alexander Korovayny and his team of powers, accusing them of “dishonest performance of their duties” due to violations in the declaration. Korovayny himself believes that he was deprived of his mandate due to opposition activities.
• Alexander Korovayny was the head of the election headquarters of former Open Russia activist Yana Antonova, ran for the State Duma from the Yabloko party and organized observation of elections in the Krasnodar Territory. In 2020, he was arrested due to his participation in a rally before the elections, and his home was also searched in the case of an “undesirable organization.” In 2021, due to his participation in a rally in support of Alexei Navalny on January 31 and the publication of a video of “Navalny’s Headquarters,” they tried to remove Korovayny from the elections - before drawing up a protocol because of “extremist symbols” on the recordings. In addition, reports were repeatedly drawn up against Alexander Korovayny under the article on the activities of an “undesirable organization” (Article 20.33 of the Code of Administrative Offences) - due to reposts by MBKh Media , a video , pictures and materials with Open Russia symbols .
• In July 2021, the Moscow City Court recognized the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the Foundation for the Protection of Citizens' Rights (FZPG) and the headquarters of Alexei Navalny as “extremist organizations”.