For employees of the organization “Voice” came from searches – RBC

The lawyer Ramil Ahmetgaliev of the human rights organization “Agora” wrote on his page to Facebook, that searches on Tuesday morning came to the Deputy Executive Director of “The Voice” Grigory Melkonyants, executive director of the WPF “Voice” Tatiana Troynova and a member of the movement “Voice “Roman Udot.

Udot confirmed this information in his Facebook.

According to his page Melkonyants lawyer Olga Gnezdilova, investigators confiscated his equipment and intend to conduct a search in the office of the movement.

No official confirmation from law enforcement agencies have not yet received.

According Akhmetgalieva, the search is carried out in connection with the previously excited about tax evasion case against the head of the organization “Voice” Lyudmila Kuzmina Samara .

«Samara This case falls under the two grounds of amnesty, but it is not stopped until now. That such things “, – said the lawyer on your page to Facebook.

To the left Melkonyants lawyer Olga Gnezdilova. He himself was unavailable on the phone.

Later Gnezdilova RBC reported that the search in the apartment Melkonyants ended. “In an apartment in Khimki near Moscow Gregory investigators arrived at 6:45. First they said that he was flooded neighbors, bursting through the door, brought their witnesses, and then broke it. My lawyer Gregory, was not allowed to place a search. Investigators seized all paper documents, all the equipment, all the electronic media. Now they’re headed to the office of “Voice” with “Bauman” – said the lawyer.

According to her, Melkonyants summoned for questioning in the TFR on Wednesday as a witness in the case of Samara “Voices».

In February this year the investigation raided the apartment of the head of the organization “Voice” in Samara Ludmila Kuzmina on charges of tax evasion. “Based on the decision about the search, filed a tax matter – of tax evasion. Kuzmin is now at home, as a fan, “- said while her lawyer Vyacheslav thick. In March, its property was arrested at the request of the TFR.

The movement to protect the rights of voters “Voice” was created in 2000. It is engaged in a public observation of the elections in Russia. In 2013, the Basmanny court fined the “Voice” of 300 thousand. Rub. for failure of the law on NGOs. “The Voice” was forcibly included in the register of foreign agents.

In November 2014 the Moscow City Court dismissed the administrative case against the organization and its head Lilia Shibanova. Nevertheless, the Ministry of Justice refused to rule out the “Voice” from the registry, citing the fact that the judgment was received at his disposal. In December 2014 the Ministry of Justice again refused to remove from the register of the association of NGOs, foreign agents. According to authorities, the refusal “Voices” on foreign funding has not been proven.

The organization “The Voice” has been monitoring violations of the election. On the eve of Melkonyants he said that running the “voice” for the September regional and local elections interactive “Map of violations” has come to the first message. Interactive map of collecting information about violations during the election campaign and the voting day, received a message from observers, members of election commissions and a witness of what is happening. “Map of violations” during the State Duma elections in December 2011, has become a major array of information on the occurrence of irregularities and fraud.