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Court postponed examination of the cases of YABLOKO’s collectors of signatures

Press Release
August 19, 2009

Court hearings of the YABLOKO activists cases (collecting signatures at the Red Square) have been postponed. The court sent three cases of alleged “resistance to the police” back to the police department. The trials were appointed on August 25 and August 27.

“Sending these cases of alleged “resistance to the police” back to the police department the court virtually confirmed that these cases had been fabricated. Tomorrow we shall apply to the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Investigative Committee in connection with police interfering with realization of lawful rights of the citizens to participate in the elections,” that’s how Sergei Mitrokhin, deputy of the Moscow City Duma, commented on the court decision.

Six detained YABLOKO’s activists (Maxim Kruglov, Vadim Vaschenko, Varvara Semyokhina, Marina Sergutina, Alexei Kozhin and Olga Vlasova) were accused in unsanctioned picketing and calling to vote for YABLOKO. This can involve fines. Two girls – Nelya Taktasheva and Maya Zavyalova (those protected by Sergei Mitrokhin - see the video) and Mikhail Pischulin were incriminated resistance to the police, which can be punished with 15 days of arrest.

See also:
Elections to the Moscow City Duma, 2009


Press Release
August 19, 2009