04 May 2012, 23:00

Trial on cancellation of election of Astrakhan Mayor listens to 16 witnesses

The court session in Astrakhan on the lawsuit initiated by Oleg Shein, an ex-candidate for the Mayor of the city and organizer of a hunger strike for cancellation of the election outcome, has interrogated 16 witnesses of the claimant.

Prior to filing a lawsuit, Oleg Shein's team had stated that they expected confirmation of violations from at least 120 out of 202 polling stations.

The court still has to listen to 19 more witnesses from the Kirov District. Besides, 45 witnesses have been applied by the defendant – the City Election Commission (CEC).

Mr Shein said that he was satisfied with the dynamics of the court hearings, where the lawsuit is considered by the Kirov District Court of the city of Astrakhan. "I think that at this rate of the court's work, by the end of the next week we can start watching videos from polling stations, the "Interfax" quotes Oleg Shein as saying.

See earlier reports:

"The court in Astrakhan on Sein’s lawsuit started interrogating the witnesses", "Astrakhan court dismissed Shein's motion to recuse the judge on the case of annulment of Mayor's election, "Moscow hunger-strikers in support of Oleg Shein stop their action," "In Astrakhan, Oleg Shein stops his hunger strike", "Forty hunger-strikers take part in protest in Astrakhan", "Oleg Shein announced conditions of his quitting the hunger strike."

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

May 07, 2024 17:02

  • Practice of public apologies is commonplace for Chechen authorities

    Authorities of Chechnya have initiated the practice of public apologies; however, now law enforcers and ordinary residents in different Russian regions are resorting to this practice, analysts have commented on the video with an apology of a girl from Krasnodar and the author of a joke about Chechen women.

May 06, 2024 23:33

May 06, 2024 22:03

  • Parents of missing athlete Tsomartova ask to move inquiry to Moscow

    Investigators in Dagestan are inefficient in investigating the disappearance of the athlete Anna Tsomartova, the girl's parents have stated in their appeals to the director of the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) and the senator from North Ossetia; they have asked to transfer the case to investigators in Moscow.

May 06, 2024 20:45

May 06, 2024 18:59

  • Rights defenders declare Leniye Umerova as political prisoner

    The criminal prosecution of Leniye Umerova, a Crimean Tatar woman, detained at a checkpoint in North Ossetia and accused of espionage, contradicts the Geneva Convention for the Protection of Civilians, the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has stated.

TOPICS OF THE DAY

Events

News archive