In Kuzbass, a former candidate for the State Duma was searched in a libel case over a video about the former head of the local election commission
In Tashtagol, Kemerovo Region, businessman and former candidate for the State Duma from Yabloko, Vyacheslav Chernov, was searched in a libel case. This was reported by the local magazine “Lampshade” with reference to the politician’s wife. According to the publication, security forces have opened a libel case, and Chernov is a witness in it. The reason for the case was the entrepreneur’s video about the former chairman of the regional election commission Pyotr Batyrev, notes Lampshade.