Boris Nadezhdin is being charged with displaying extremist symbols, lawyer says
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Politician Boris Nadezhdin has been detained. “The police came. They’re taking me to the Dolgoprudny station,” he wrote on his Telegram channel. On July 10, Russia’s Justice Ministry added Nadezhdin to the register of “foreign agents.” After that, the politician said that being added to the register would not affect his work.…
Boris Nadezhdin is being charged with displaying extremist symbols, lawyer says
msk1 writes this, citing lawyer Dmitry Trunin.
The case concerns the administrative article on the propaganda or display of extremist or Nazi symbols (Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code).
This article prohibits running in elections for one year. The “foreign agent” status that Nadezhdin received last week also bars participation in elections.
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The Ban Needed a Backup Copy
Nadezhdin got a symbols charge after a status that already barred elections.
They filed a spare ban anyway.