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Police arrests the participants of YABLOKO’s motor race

Press Release
August 25, 2009

The road police stopped YABLOKO’s column – 15 cars with YABLOKO’s symbols – in the centre of Moscow. The police announced that the motor race was unlawful and insisted that it required prior registration with the local authorities.

The police also demanded to take YABLOKO symbols and flags off the cars, saying that they may release the column only on this condition.

Sergei Mitorkhin, Chairman of the YABLOKO party and deputy of the Moscow City Duma who came to the site demanded from the police to stop their arbitrary actions against YABLOKO.

The road police announced that YABLOKO’s cars violated traffic rules and accompanied the cars to the Arbat police department, where protocols on “unsanctioned demonstration” were drawn, after which YABLOKO’s activists were released.

The motor race (a column of 15 cars) with party symbols was arranged for collection of signatures required for YABLOKO’s registration in the Moscow City Duma election campaign. The activists had to stop at different part of the city and collect signatures in favour of YABLOKO. The law does not require any notifications or registrations with local authorities for such collection of signatures.

See also:
Elections to the Moscow City Duma

Press Release
August 25, 2009