17-year-old in Chelyabinsk region charged over 'Smart Voting' leaflets

FSB officers in the Chelyabinsk region have detained a 17-year-old accused of taking part in the activity of a “terrorist organization”, Novaya Gazeta Europe reports. According to the report, he may have put up leaflets for “Smart Voting”.

The detention was announced by the regional branch of the Investigative Committee and by RT, the outlet says. Their account is the only one available so far, and it has not been independently confirmed.

According to the investigation, the teenager distributed calls for a protest vote in elections in the town of Kasli. The period is given as “from September to August”; the item does not specify the years.

The Investigative Committee says the minor produced more than 150 campaign items and then put them up. The available text of the report breaks off at this point, so the remaining details of the case are not known.