Bondarenko was detained and cited over a 2024 post featuring a photo of Alexei Navalny

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In Saratov, Nikolai Bondarenko was detained — a Communist Party candidate in the State Duma elections and a former deputy of the Saratov Regional Duma. Bondarenko’s detention was reported on his Telegram channel. “I was detained, 10 police officers forcibly took me to court” …

Bondarenko was detained and cited over a 2024 post featuring a photo of Alexei Navalny

This was reported to Kommersant by Yury Afonin, deputy head of the Communist Party Central Committee.

According to him, the publication was made from an account that does not belong to Bondarenko.

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Case Built on Somebody Else's Account

Bondarenko was detained over a Navalny post from an account not his.

The paperwork only needed a photo.