Two Yabloko Volunteers Detained in St. Petersburg
Police detained two agitators of the 'Yabloko' party in St. Petersburg. The young men detained at the Finland Station were taken to the Finland Station linear police department to write an explanatory statement.
Consensus
- Two Yabloko volunteers were detained in Saint Petersburg.
- The volunteers were distributing campaign materials near Finland Station.
- The volunteers were taken to the Finland Line Police Department for writing explanations.
- Police told the volunteers that the party had been removed from elections and that campaigning was illegal.
- The volunteers were released after the arrival of regional lawmaker Dmitry Anisimov.
- Campaign materials were returned to the volunteers.
- The Yabloko party stated that the Supreme Court's decision on its registration had not yet entered into legal force and would be appealed.
- The campaign materials distributed were approved by the Central Election Commission.
Points of divergence
- The Supreme Court upheld the appeal by the 'Rodina' party to cancel Yabloko's candidate list for the State Duma, citing intellectual property violations and foreign funding. — kommersant
- Yabloko was removed from the State Duma elections due to foreign donations and social media campaigning banned in Russia. — tvrain
- The volunteers were adults and were stopped for writing an explanation, with police taking their passports. — tg_sotavisionmedia
- On August 6, police detained a leaflet distributor from the 'A Just Russia' party near Avtovo metro station, later releasing her. — tg_paperpaper_ru
Coverage (5 sources)
- In Saint Petersburg, two agitators of 'Yabloko' were detained — Коммерсантъ
- In St. Petersburg, two 'Yabloko' volunteers were detained while distributing campaign materials under the pretext that 'the party...', — SOTAvision
- In St. Petersburg, law enforcement officers detained two agitators of 'Yabloko' — Дождь
- In St. Petersburg, law enforcement officers detained two agitators of 'Yabloko' — Дождь (Telegram)
- Police detained two 'Yabloko' agitators in St. Petersburg — Бумага
Key entities
- Apple
- Saint Petersburg
- Supreme Court
- Финляндский линейный отдел
- Dmitry Anisimov
- MVD
- CIC
- Legislative Assembly
- Finnish Station
- Finland Station