The Volzhsky District Court of Saratov fined Nikolai Bondarenko, a deputy of the Saratov Regional Duma from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, 300,000 rubles because of an action against electoral fraud that took place on October 9. This was reported on the website «Communist»; «OVD-Info».
According to the card of the administrative case, the court made its decision on January 31. Bondarenko was fined under the article on repeated violation of the rules for holding a rally (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). context-cite__image» alt=»1″ />When they came for the communists. Why the security forces suddenly became interested in the Communist Party
Bondarenko participated in the elections to the State Duma, held from 17 to 20 September 2021. On the first day of voting, the commission of polling station No. 64 of the Zavodskoy district, due to the claims of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, canceled the list for home voting, but drew up a new one and refused to show it to the communists.
After Bondarenko arrived at the polling station, took the list and let his supporters photograph it, the chairman of the PEC snatched the document from his hands, the deputy said. She also prevented him from checking the safe at the station, citing her poor health.
As State Duma deputy Valery Rashkin said, because of the members of the election commission, Bondarenko was charged with an article on hooliganism (20.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The Zavodskoy District Court fined the communist 1,000 rubles.
Bondarenko maintains the YouTube channel Diary of a Deputy, which has over 1.7 million subscribers. In the videos, he talks about the activities of the Saratov authorities, including criticizing them. The deputy also publishes his speeches at the meetings of the regional parliament.