Chairman of the Stavropol branch of Yabloko called on the Public Prosecutor’s Office to check on the actions of the police who detained Yabloko activist for a single picket
Press Release, 29.06.2020
Vitaly Zubenko, Chairman of the Stavropol branch of Yabloko, filed an application with the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Stavropol Territory about abuse of power by police officers. The leader of the regional branch of the party asks the Public Prosecutor to verify the legality of the detention of Ronald Ayrapetyan, member of the Yabloko party who, on June 26, went on a single picket (such pickets do not require any permissions from the authorities) to the Kislovodsk Mayor’s office with a placard against changing the Constitution and “resetting” the presidential terms. After a “conversation” with threats in the police office he was released without a protocol being drawn up. The police tried to exert pressure on the activist.
Activists of the regional branch of the party emphasise that the activist held a single picket. Under the present laws, such pickets do not require any permissions from or notifications of the authorities. The young man peacefully expressed his civil position and did not violate the order, but after 20 minutes he was detained by police and searched at the picket site (his personal belongings were inspected).
In addition, officers of the Federal Security Service promptly arrived at the venue and tried to “explain” to the civil activist the “inadmissibility” of his behaviour. Then Ronald Ayrapetyan was taken to the police station.
Earlier police arrested for eight days Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, after a single picket (such pickets do not require any permissions from the authorities) against constitutional amendments allowing Vladimir Putin to remain on the post of President of Russia until 2036.
In addition, the court in Yeysk, the Krasnodar Territory, arrested for ten days Alexander Korovainy, Yabloko’s municipal deputy of the Council of the Municipal Formation of the Yeysk District, for “disobeying the police”. Alexander was arrested after a rally against Vladimir Putin’s amendments to the Constitution. Yabloko considers the arrest of Korovainy a political revenge on the part of the leadership of Yeysk and the Krasnodar Territory and demands his immediate release.
The Yabloko party has been conducting a nation-wide campaign against the “reset” of the presidential terms of Vladimir Putin.
Posted: June 30th, 2020 under Constitutional Amendments, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Yabloko's Regional Branches.