Ilya Myakinin, a candidate from Yabloko in the Meshchansky district in Moscow, was detained by the police on the complaint of the Chairman of the precinct electoral commission
Press Release, 11.09.2022
Photo: Ilya Myakinin / Photo from social media
In Moscow, the police detained Ilya Myakinin, a candidate for municipal deputies from Yabloko, at polling station No. 59 in the Meshchansky district. The chairwoman of the commission, Yelena Zaitseva, accused the Yabloko candidate that he had allegedly been demanding that voters show him their passports. Myakinin was taken to the district police station.
According to the team of candidates from Yabloko, the authorities were preparing same “carousel” (when same voters vote several times) in the Meshchansky district as in the Yakimanka distrcit: members of precinct commissions were ready to issue ballots to voters were not registered in the district (thus were not entitled to vote there) but had special marks in their passports. Candidate Ilya Myakinin stood at the table of the chairwoman of the commission and watched the issuance of ballots. He did not ask voters to show their passports to him.
Ilya Myakinin gave explanations to the police and was released without a protocol being drawn up against him.
Posted: September 11th, 2022 under Elections, Moscow Municipal Elections 2022, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2022, Yabloko's Regional Branches.