The apartment of Vasily Neustroyev, Chairman of the local branch of Yabloko in St. Petersburg, searched. Neustroyev taken for interrogation
Press Release, 6.06.2023
Photo: Vasily Neustroyev / Photo by the St.Petersburg Yabloko
In St. Petersburg, a search was carried out at the apartment of Vasily Neustroyev, Chairman of the Frunzensky local branch of Yabloko. According to the information available to the press service, he was taken for interrogation to the Investigative Committee in Moscow. The reasons for the investigation are still unknown.
The search took place this morning. The front door of Neustroyev’s apartment was cut down. The lawyer was not allowed to Neustroyev.
Vasily Neustroyev is a member of the Regional Council of the St. Petersburg Yabloko, as well as a member of the Territorial Electoral Commission No. 16 of St.Petersburg.
“Vasily Neustroyev is an exceptionally law-abiding person, I have known him personally for a long time. The party will do everything to help him in this situation,” said Boris Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of Yabloko and MP of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.
Read more about persecution of Yabloko members since the beginning of the “special military operation” (https://www.yabloko.ru/war-against-yabloko)
Posted: June 6th, 2023 under Elections, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2023, Yabloko's Regional Branches.