Police Seize Computer from a Blogger Who Runs for MP

The blog­ger says he pub­lished a report about a big cor­rup­tion case three months ago. The report told about a senior offi­cial rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the State Con­trol Com­mit­tee who alleged­ly had received unlaw­ful­ly a land lot in the city cen­ter from the chair­per­son of the Brest Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee. The report result­ed in a crim­i­nal case. In May, the police vis­it­ed the blog­ger to ques­tion him about an online com­ment con­cern­ing the SCC rep­re­sen­ta­tive.

“I start­ed gath­er­ing sig­na­tures to stand as a can­di­date, I have all my con­tacts data base in the com­put­er, all my work,” says the blog­ger. He links the seizure and the renew­al of the inves­ti­ga­tion about the com­ment to his activ­i­ties with­in the elec­toral cam­paign. He is also dis­sat­is­fied why his cell phone has been seized because he bought it only a week ago – it has noth­ing to do with a three months’ old com­ment.