United Russia's unified schemes
After Sverdlovsk Readers of NeMoskva are sending similar stories from other regions about doctors who are being forced to participate in the United Russia primaries.
So, an employee of one of the large enterprises in Irkutsk region reported that management is demanding that they register on the party's preliminary voting website and choose a candidate to represent United Russia in the September elections to the Legislative Assembly.
Students from a Rostov university sent screenshots from group chats. They were asked to register for online voting, provide their address and phone number, and send a screenshot of their completed work to their class monitors.
About similar schemes Krasnoyarsk journalists tell teachers.
"They demand that we send screenshots after we vote. This is proof of our actions," NGS24.ru quotes one teacher, adding that many are afraid to speak out about the pressure under threat of dismissal.
Complaints about forced participation in the primaries are even contained in the comments under the post of the acting governor of Krasnoyarsk Mikhail Kotyukov, who shared his experience of participating in the preliminary voting.
Secretary of the regional branch of United Russia Alexey Dodatko He told reporters that the party had not received any information about such violations.
The same answer was given by the Sverdlovsk branch of United Russia, to which complained doctors. Local political scientist Alexey Shaburov advised them to simply ignore such requests from the party and their superiors.