An administrative case has been initiated against State Duma candidate Dmitry Smirnov for displaying prohibited symbols due to a 2015 post on VKontakte, while candidate Alexey Rizovatov has filed a lawsuit to remove him from the elections, which will be considered on September 7.

An administrative case has been initiated against State Duma candidate Dmitry Smirnov for displaying prohibited symbols due to a 2015 post on VKontakte, while candidate Alexey Rizovatov has filed a lawsuit to remove him from the elections, which will be considered on September 7.

@ovdinfolive 05 Sep 2026, 18:40

Candidate from 'Yabloko' Dmitry Smirnov is facing administrative charges for a post about the death of Motörhead's vocalist, in which he is depicted wearing a German cross, interpreted as demonstrating extremist symbolism.

@ostorozhno_novosti 05 Sep 2026, 18:40

The Murmansk region election commission has sent the campaign video of the candidate from 'Yabloko', Igor Khomechko, to the prosecutor's office for extremism verification and to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for linguistic examination.

@ovdinfolive 05 Sep 2026, 09:53