In Severodvinsk, police officers came to four offices of the Variant real estate agency of businessman Oleg Mandrykin, who participated in the protests against the construction of a landfill in Shies. This was reported by local publications Ekho Severa and TV29.ru.
According to Mandrykin himself, the police, as part of the pre-investigation check, “seize documentation and safes.” He himself is not in the city now, he did not bring any complaints from the police.
«Echo of the North» posted a video of a search in one of the offices. In the video, a man in a black jacket appears to be an employee of the economic security department (UEBiPK) of the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, while SOBR fighters in balaclavas and bulletproof vests stand nearby. from the payment of «more than 3 million rubles» in 2018-2020 (Article 198 of the Criminal Code). According to the version of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, cited by Ekho Severa, the real estate agency concluded not labor, but civil law contracts with employees, “so as not to pay taxes and insurance premiums.”
In a conversation with Novaya Gazeta, Mandrykin connected the visit of the police with the upcoming 2022 elections to the city council of Severodvinsk.
Mandrykin participated in protests against the construction of a landfill at Shies station, in June 2019 he was detained there. In 2020, the entrepreneur, with the support of the Stop-Shies coalition, was nominated by Yabloko for governor, but he was not registered as a candidate. In 2021, with 18% of the vote, he took second place in his constituency in the elections to the State Duma, losing to the United Russia candidate. «mz-publish-context-cite__image» alt=»1″ />Selection real ones. New and old technologies for removing independent candidates from elections
Corrected and updated at 14:09. According to Mandrykin, the news clarified that the police came as part of a pre-investigation check, and not a criminal case. Because of this, the title has been changed.