In St. Petersburg, Yabloko candidates for the Legislative Assembly have started to have their registration documents "disappear."

В St. Petersburg documents of Yabloko candidates began to “disappear” in territorial election commissions, сообщили in the party. These documents were intended for registering candidates for the city Legislative Assembly. 

At least three candidates are missing documents, although they claim that they submitted a complete set and this was reflected in the official inventories. For example, candidate Dmitry Khorzov They reported that he did not provide a certificate of employment, although he filmed the application and it was clear that the certificate had been submitted. 

In the St. Petersburg Yabloko count them., that the problem is that the territorial election commissions are eliminating undesirable candidates in this way. 

This isn't the first time candidates have dropped out of the election race because the state has created obstacles for them. Police are opening criminal cases against State Duma candidates from the systemic opposition. As of today, is known At least 21 politicians were disqualified from running for office due to accusations of "displaying extremist/Nazi symbols." Among them is a presidential candidate Boris Nadezhdin and an activist from A Just Russia  Yaroslav Bonfires.