The deputy of the regional Duma, who was taking the leaflets to the Yabloko office, is facing administrative responsibility

Press Release, 29.06.2020

The police seized leaflets against the reset of Vladimir Putin’s presidential terms from Dmitry Anufriyev, Chairman of the Astrakhan branch of Yabloko and MP of the Astrakhan Regional Duma.

Anufriyev’s car was stopped when he left the printing house with Yabloko leaflets against Vladimir Putin’s constitutional amendments. The leaflets set out the main points of the alternative amendments prepared by the Yabloko party – the Constitution of Free People.

According to police, leaflets are seized on the basis of conducting a check-up on the application of one of the city’s management companies, which complained about their content.

Police officers said they plan to draw up reports on Dmitry Anufriyev under Article 5.66. (Illegal financing of the activities of political parties that are not related to participation in elections and referenda) – allegedly, the leaflets informing citizens about the reset of the presidential terms had to contain the data on the imprint, as well as under Article 5.11 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (conducting election campaigns, campaigning on referendum issues by persons who are prohibited from participation by federal law) – the police said that, according to their eyeball estimate “too young people” were involved in the distribution of Yabloko information materials.

Dmitry Anufriyev noted that earlier the regional branch of Yabloko had already distributed the first wave of Yabloko information materials in Astrakhan – several thousand leaflets and stickers.

“Probably, Astrakhan officials and security officials were so impressed that they decided to prevent the spread of a new wave of our leaflets. We won’t allow them! ” the Chairman of the Astrakhan branch of Yabloko said.

He also added that the party intends to conduct its own investigation into the actions of the law enforcement.

Earlier police arrested for eight days Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, after a single picket (such pickets do not require any permissions from the authorities) against constitutional amendments allowing Vladimir Putin to remain on the post of President of Russia until 2036.

In addition, the court in Yeysk, the Krasnodar Territory, arrested for ten days Alexander Korovainy, Yabloko’s municipal deputy of the Council of the Municipal Formation of the Yeysk District, for “disobeying the police”. Alexander was arrested after a rally against Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Constitution. Yabloko considers the arrest of Korovainy a political revenge on the part of the leadership of Yeysk and the Krasnodar Territory and demands his immediate release. Also police detained Ronald Ayrapetyan, activist of the Stavropol branch of Yabloko, for a single picket.

The Yabloko party has been conducting a nation-wide campaign against the “reset” of the presidential terms of Vladimir Putin.