Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia Anatoly Nogovitsyn was taken to the police office immediately after holding a permitted rally against the cancellation of the mayoral elections in the capital of Yakutia
Press Release, 24.11.2024
Photo: Anatoly Nogovitsyn / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service
A protocol is being drawn up against Anatoly Nogovitsyn, Chairman of the Yabloko branch in Yakutia, for “violating the established procedure for organising or holding a rally” (Article 20.2 Part 1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The formal basis put forward by the police is as follows: Nogovitsyn, during a symbolic march inside the permitted perimeter in Gagarin Square, went by one meter beyond the perimeter.
Update of 25 November. City Judge Natalya Zhirkova fined Anatoly Nogovitsyn 10,000 roubles.
Later, at the police station, police officers told that Nogovitsyn was detained “at the request of the Mayor’s Office”. Allegedly, officials did not like the fact that the participants of the rally were moving around the site.
It should be noted that Yabloko managed to get a permission to hold a rally in Yakutsk, the capital of Yakutia, against the abolition of direct mayoral elections. The rally took place today at 15:00 local time without violations or provocations.
Read more about the persecution of Yabloko members after the start of the “special operation”.
Posted: November 25th, 2024 under Elections, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Yabloko's Regional Branches.