A libel case was opened against a Saratov resident after a letter to Putin
Vera Shulkova, a resident of Saratov, who left a letter on the website of the President of the Russian Federation about corruption ties of the deputy of the regional Duma Sergei Kurikhin, has been charged with libel. According to the Saratov online publication Public Opinion on February 15, the case was initiated after the statement of Deputy Kurikhin on December 31, 2015, but Shulkova was only informed about it on February 10, without naming her procedural status.