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United Russia interferes with YABLOKO’s election campaign with the help of police

Press Release
September 24, 2009

Today campaigning of YABLOKO’s candidates to the Moscow City Duma was again hampered by the United Russia. This time representatives of the United Russia questioned lawfulness of YABLOKO’s campaigning by Skhodnenskaya metro station in Moscow. In these minutes YABLOKO’s candidates are expecting police which was called by the United Russia representatives.

Shamil Amirov, YABLOKO’s candidate, who was campaigning by the metro station, told that by 6 p.m. representatives of the United Russia appeared by the metro station. They installed their tents and began their campaign. Soon a representative from the United Russia came up to YABLOKO’s candidates stating that YABLOKO’s campaigning was unlawful as the Prefect’s Office did not gave a “permit” for it. Naturally, it turned out that the United Russia had a “permit” (however, the law does not envisage any “permits” for conducting election campaigns of registered candidates). “Fighting” for “fair campaigning” the United Russia representative called the police.

Shamil Amirov also noted that such incidents had already took place several times during this campaign. “After such unlawful arrests the policemen normally apologised and released YABLOKO’s candidates,” he noted. “However, the United Russia exercising its influence in the state bodies makes the police to violate the law,” Amirov said.

See also:
Moscow City Duma Elections, 2009

 

Press Release

September 24, 2009