A resident of the town of Nizhnyaya Salda in Sverdlovsk Region could be sentenced to five years in prison for splashing paint on six United Russia billboards featuring Governor Eduard Rossel during the autumn campaign for elections to the regional duma (legislature). The offense committed by 23-year-old Alexei Kalenov falls under the Code of Administrative Offenses, specifically the article “Intentional damage to printed materials posted in accordance with the law,” which provides for a penalty of a fine ranging from five to ten times the minimum monthly wage.