Vladimir Grachyov, Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission
of the Ryazan region, applied to the police of the Kasimov
city demanding to stop the distribution of YABLOKO leaflets.
The leaflets criticised United Russia for the July raise of
housing and utilities tariffs.
Earlier Grachyov had already expressed his concern about
the leaflets to YABLOKO activists participating in the elections
to the Kasimov City Council. The leaflet contained a caricature
picturing a girl washing in the shower. A man bursting into
the bathroom says to the scared girl, "I am not looking
at you, I am looking at the water counter."
The leaflet was published within the framework of YABLOKO
electoral campaign to the Kasimov City Council. It was paid
from the election fund. All 3,000 leaflets have been distributed
already.
“This is not the first ridiculous claim in our election campaign,”
said Anatoly Kivva, head of the YABLOKO branch in Kasimov.
“For example, earlier the city administration demanded from
the police to recognise the work of our activists distributing
leaflets in the streets either as a picket or a rally, because
‘more than one person’ were distributing leaflets. Everyone
laughed at this, but the police file an administrative offense
case under the new law on public rallies with its huge fines
and corrective labor.”
See also:
Regional
and Municipal Elections 2011-2012
Housing
and Utilities Reform
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