"They're trying to intimidate us!" Lipetsk police have dismissed the presidential hotline's appeal as a mass event and are threatening activists with fines.
The Lipetsk District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has launched an investigation into the recording of a collective video messages inhabitants Kuzmino-Otverzhsky rural settlement to Putin. About this messageooze Telegram channel "Lipetsk District".
On December 9, residents of the village complained to Putin about frequent interruptions or lack of quality drinking water, simultaneously promising to vote for him in the elections. The next day, they posted a video on social media.
"On December 11, the Deputy Head of the Lipetsk Municipal District Administration, V.V. Degtyarev, submitted a request to the Chief of the Lipetsk District Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Police Colonel P.V. Popov, requesting an investigation and identification of those involved in the recording of this video message, as well as measures to hold them accountable, i.e., to fine them 15,000 rubles for an administrative offense." "It was informed.
Today, the activist who read the appeal Lyudmila Kuzmenkova police officers questioned.
"In a democratic state, citizens have the right to appeal to anyone, including the president! They're trying to intimidate us and deprive us of our right to speak!" — they stated on the Telegram channel.
Previously, Ryazan police intimidated opponents of high-rise development in the village of Shlakovy. They arrived at night before a collective video appeal to the activist residents. As a result, I recorded the appeal one local resident.
Photo: screenshot from video (social media)
