In St. Petersburg, the court fined the former State Duma deputy candidate from Yabloko for defaming the army. Today, the Moscow District Court in St. Petersburg heard a case of defamation of the army against Yabloko activist Dmitry Khorzov. The protocol was rewritten; By the time of the meeting, it became clear that it was not a poster, as previously reported, but about election leaflets found in the mailboxes of the residents of the city's Pushkinsky district. The campaign materials read: "My name is Dmitry Khorzov. I am the only candidate for peace." Yabloko's denunciation was written by war participant Andrei Kazanin, a friend of his deputy Vitaly Milonov, who ran for the State Duma in the same constituency as Khorzov in the fall elections. The analysis of the leaflets for the police was carried out by a senior lecturer at the Harzan State Pedagogical University in the Department of Political Science, whose name has not been made public. He came to the conclusion that the propaganda materials do contain signs of defamation. At the meeting, Khorzov announced his disapproval of the content of the protocol. "I am ready to provide the arguments and the legal position when it is possible to contact a defense attorney, but the court did not provide this to me," he said, adding that he previously asked to postpone the hearing in order to get to know the case. Drafting of a protocol against the politician became known last Friday. The court did not agree with Yabloko's arguments and fined him 30 thousand rubles. After the elections, Khorzov stated that in 18 polling stations in the Pushkinsky district, the committees voted with results ranging from 0 to 8 votes for his candidacy - while according to the politician, local residents told him that in these stations entire families voted for him.

In St. Petersburg, the court fined the former State Duma deputy candidate from Yabloko for defaming the army. Today, the Moscow District Court in St. Petersburg heard a case of defamation of the army against Yabloko activist Dmitry Khorzov. The protocol was rewritten; By the time of the meeting, it became clear that it was not a poster, as previously reported, but about election leaflets found in the mailboxes of the residents of the city's Pushkinsky district. The campaign materials read: "My name is Dmitry Khorzov. I am the only candidate for peace." Yabloko's denunciation was written by war participant Andrei Kazanin, a friend of his deputy Vitaly Milonov, who ran for the State Duma in the same constituency as Khorzov in the fall elections. The analysis of the leaflets for the police was carried out by a senior lecturer at the Harzan State Pedagogical University in the Department of Political Science, whose name has not been made public. He came to the conclusion that the propaganda materials do contain signs of defamation. At the meeting, Khorzov announced his disapproval of the content of the protocol. "I am ready to provide the arguments and the legal position when it is possible to contact a defense attorney, but the court did not provide this to me," he said, adding that he previously asked to postpone the hearing in order to get to know the case. Drafting of a protocol against the politician became known last Friday. The court did not agree with Yabloko's arguments and fined him 30 thousand rubles. After the elections, Khorzov stated that in 18 polling stations in the Pushkinsky district, the committees voted with results ranging from 0 to 8 votes for his candidacy - while according to the politician, local residents told him that in these stations entire families voted for him.