Fire resulting from an arson fire has completely destroyed
the office of "Vechrniy Krasnokamsk" weekly this
night. The founder and editor-in-chief of the weekly is Olga
Kolokolova, leader of the Perm YABLOKO branch and deputy of
the City Council in Krasnokamsk. Olga believes that it is
a revenge by Yury Chechyotkin, the city Mayor, for journalists
investigation into his embezzlement of budget funds allocated
for housing repairs in the city.
Around 4:00 a.m. local time, an unknown man broke an office
window and threw in a Molotov cocktail inside. In several
minutes the office was completely burnt. The fire destroyed
the equipment, accounting records and archives of the newspaper.
Kolokolova estimated the total damage at 300,000 rubles (approx.
USD 10,000).
CCTV cameras recorded the attacker. Judging by its actions,
he was a professional. He knew in what rooms the office of
the paper was located and where the camera was.
Olga Kolokolova links the arson with anti-corruption investigations
undertaken by her paper. In particular, "Vechrniy Krasnokamsk"
wrote about the large-scale embezzlement of budget funds during
housing repairs. According to the newspaper, Krasnokamsk Mayor
Yury Chechyotkin was behind all this.
In April 2011, unknown persons assailants beat Olga Kolokolovas
father deputy of the Krasnokamsk City Duma Arkady Kolokolov.
He helped the crew of the "Riphey-Perm" television
company, which investigated the circumstances of the repairs
in the TSZh Parkovoi. The contractor hired by the managing
company providing services for the house received 4.5 million
rubles, but the works were not completed.
In view of all this Olga Kolokolova noted police inaction
in Krasnokamsk. She said that she and her colleagues applied
50 times to police in connection with corruption in city government,
but not a single criminal case was filed.
In addition, in November 2011, on the eve of the parliamentary
elections of December 4, 2011 and the Legislative Assembly
of the Perm Area, Svetlana
Ivanova, candidate from the YABLOKO party was attacked by
an unidentified person. She was hit on the head, the blow
broke the frontal bone. She will remain disabled.
The police have not yet informed YABLOKO and the victim of
this crime of the investigation of this case.
See also:
State Duma
Elections 2011
Freedom
of Speech
YABLOKO
Against Corruption
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