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| The court arrests Ruslan Khubaev after his statement about ballot stuffing |
| 2024-03-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] A court in Krasnodar arrested for 14 days on administrative charges of hooliganism and distribution of prohibited symbols, election commission member Ruslan Khubaev, who discovered ballot stuffing at the polling station. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, independent voting member of the commission Ruslan Khubaev and observer Dmitry Korolev were detained at polling station No. 2358 in Krasnodar after they announced ballot stuffing. Voting for the presidential election is taking place in Russia from March 15 to 17. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "Presidential Elections 2024: Putin and Three Candidates." Ruslan Khubaev, who, while working at the election commission, established the fact of ballot stuffing at a polling station in Krasnodar, was arrested for 14 days under administrative charges, the human rights project OVD-Info reported today. Lawyer Mikhail Benyash* reported today in his Telegram channel that Khubaev was charged with petty hooliganism (Article 20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation), as well as an article about the public display of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols, or paraphernalia or symbols of extremist organizations (Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) because an old post on the social network VKontakte “with something that has recently become extremist.” As follows from the video published today on the RusNews Telegram channel, Khubaev left the building of the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar, accompanied by a police officer, his hands handcuffed. “I was not given the opportunity to submit a request in writing, they were not provided with paper. And, in fact, in the resolution there is not a word about my stated request to postpone the court hearing to summon a lawyer to court and collect information in my defense. There is no evidence there, there is a video, where I put up leaflets, but what kind of leaflets I put up, what content is also not visible,” he said. The description of the video states that Khubaev was charged with committing three different administrative offenses; a list of articles is not provided. By 19.40 Moscow time, the website of the Pervomaisky District Court of Krasnodar does not contain information about the consideration of administrative protocols regarding Ruslan Khubaev. |
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