A police report was filed against a candidate for deputy from St. Petersburg for attempting to fight off attackers with stones with pepper spray.
An application was filed with the St. Petersburg police against candidate for municipal deputies Andrei Starikov. The brother of the chairman of IKMO, Evgeniy Savika, Dmitry, accused Starikov of attacking with a gas spray and asked to bring him to justice. Starikov himself reported this to Mediazona. According to Savik, the oppositionist burst into his office with a “Navalny 2018” backpack, sprayed him with pepper spray and ran away, and when they caught up with him, he used the spray again.