Inflated Duck Lands Russian Activist in Jail

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The yellow duck has come to symbolize corruption in Russia after opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s high-profile 2016 investigation into Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s alleged summer home suggested that it included an exclusive home for ducks.

A St. Petersburg activist has been handed a stint behind bars for displaying an inflated duck from an apartment window during a protest last month.

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St. Petersburg police detained Artyom Goncharenko on Sunday for showing a giant inflated duck from an apartment window during Navalny’s election boycott demonstration on Jan. 28, local youth activists said.

The OVD-info police monitoring group cited Goncharenko’s fellow activist Yaroslav Putrov as confirming that police kept Goncharenko overnight because of the inflated duck.

The court sentenced Artyom Goncharenko to 25 days for violating public assembly rules, the St. Petersburg court system announced Monday.

Navalny, who was charged with violating the same public assembly rules for a brief appearance at the Jan. 28 boycott, has been barred from presidential elections in March due to fraud charges his supporters say are politically motivated.

EccentricFox on February 27th, 2018 at 14:54 UTC »

You inflate a blow up duck? Jail! You over inflate a duck? Jail! Under inflate a duck? Jail! You don't inflate any duck, believe it or not, jail!

YikingViking on February 27th, 2018 at 13:23 UTC »

I thought r/nottheonion was meant for stories that are hard to believe haha

bunyacloven on February 27th, 2018 at 11:50 UTC »

It is completely irrelevant that the sign on the window says "The police are waiting for us". /s