In Buryatia, the head of the branch of the Yabloko party, who participated in the “funeral” of the elections, was fined 20 thousand rubles

In Ulan-Ude, the Sovetsky District Court fined Natalya Semyonova, leader of the Buryat regional branch of the Yabloko party, 20,000 rubles for taking part in the “funeral” of the elections. The authorities equated the staged mourning event with the participation of two people to an unsanctioned rally.

About the fine Natalia Semenova told on Instagram. She noted that “this money could be enough for a real coffin.”

A week ago, the oppositionist, together with activist Alexei Karnaukhov, brought a model of the coffin with the inscription “Elections” to the central square of Ulan-Ude, imitating the funeral of this democratic procedure. After that, the security forces issued protocols for holding an unauthorized rally.

Let us remind you that on September 17-19, elections of the State Duma deputies were held in Russia. According to the official result, five parties crossed the five percent barrier, and United Russia received 49.82% of the votes. The top three also included the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (18.93%) and the Liberal Democratic Party (7.55%).

Observers reported numerous irregularities during the voting. By data movement “Voice”, more than 5,000 violations were recorded. Electronic voting in Moscow showed the abnormally high result of United Russia, which was very different from the results of the “usual” voting. The elections were held without the participation of OSCE observers and did not receive international recognition.