The Novosibirsk administration did not approve a meeting with voters for the local municipal deputy

The Novosibirsk City Hall did not allow municipal deputy Anton Kartavin to arrange a meeting with voters on Karl Marx Avenue. Representative of the deputy Olga Nechaeva reported this to OVD-Info.

The mayor’s office considered holding a mass event at the proposed address impossible, citing the presence of nearby metro entrances, a large number of shops and pharmacies, which create “intensive pedestrian traffic on the sidewalks.” In return, the deputy was offered to hold the event at one of the platforms specially designated for meetings with voters.

The Novosibirsk City Hall refused to allow independent deputy Anton Kartavin to hold a meeting with voters due to fears that 10 thousand people would attend. This is what SOTA is about. September 1 writes Such expectations of the mayor's office are caused by the fact that in 2020 almost half of the 21 thousand voters registered in the district voted for Kartavin. The city administration clarified that it is impossible to hold such a meeting “without violating public order and the safety of the participants.” In fact, 1,869 Novosibirsk residents voted for Kartavin then, since the turnout was not one hundred percent. - Anton Kartavin is regularly subjected to pressure from the authorities. So, before the action on June 4, the police brought him to the prosecutor’s office, where he was given a warning about the inadmissibility of illegal actions. And earlier, almost three million rubles were collected from him and blogger Timur Khanov as compensation for the work of police officers at the rally on January 31, 2021. After this, the deputy has bank accounts. arrived, decided to block