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Post-election arrests: what do drugs have to do with it? Olga Romanova on the Kynev and Morozov cases
- Political scientist Alexander Kynev was arrested on September 25, a few days after the State Duma elections. He is charged with attempted drug trafficking on a large scale, but he pleads not guilty.
- 🔸Why are drug-related charges chosen in such cases, and who are the targets of post-election arrests? We asked Olga Romanova, director of the "Rus' Sidyashchaya" (Sided Rus') Foundation, about this.
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