| 2019 Moscow Protests | |||
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| Part of Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia | |||
_144614.jpg) 10 August 2019 rally on Sakharov Avenue | |||
| Date | 14 July 2019 – 29 September 2019 | ||
| Location | Moscow and other Russian cities | ||
| Caused by | The rejection to allow the independent candidates to participate in the 2019 Moscow City Duma election. | ||
| Methods | Demonstrations, online activism, and civil disobedience | ||
| Resulted in | The United Russia suffered losses in 2019 Moscow City Duma election, Yabloko and CPRF increased their factions | ||
| Concessions | 1 candidate allowed to participate in the 2019 Moscow City Duma election (Sergey Mitrokhin) and won in his constituency | ||
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| Injuries and arrests | |||
| Death(s) | 0 | ||
| Injuries | 3 fighters of the National Guard of Russia were injured (claimed by the government only). Dozens of protestors suffered. | ||
| Arrested | around 3000 people were arrested | ||
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Starting from July 2019 numerous approved and unapproved rallies in Moscow (also known as part of the political crisis[3][4]) began, caused by the situation with the 2019 Moscow City Duma elections. Widespread public protests were triggered by numerous authorities' violations, claimed by the independent opposition candidates, during the registration procedure.[5][6] Rallies on Sakharov Avenue on 20 July and 10 August 2019 became the largest political rallies in Russia since the 2011–2013 protests. The July 27 rally established a record on number of detainees: 1373 people were detained.[7] The subsequent appeals of the MCEC's decisions to the CEC by the independent candidates didn't lead to any results.
The protests were accompanied by massive administrative arrests of unregistered independent candidates[8] and two criminal cases: the obstructing the work of election commissions case and the riots case (also known as the "Moscow case").[9] The Second Service of FSB participated in the investigation of the events. It was reported that the intelligence agency is trying to find opposition ties with foreign structures and is trying to prove financing of protests from abroad.[10]
A number of media and politicians as well as the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights found no evidence of mass riots at rallies.[11]
- ^ Другая Россия (2019-01-01). "В субботу партийная агитбригада посетила санкционированный митинг либеральной оппозиции на проспекте Сахарова. Агитировали мы, понятное дело, за активный бойкот выборов" (in Russian). @drugoros. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ "В Москве задержали кандидата в депутаты Мосгордумы от "Правого Блока"". «ОВД-Инфо» (in Russian). 2019-07-14. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
- ^ Ведомости (2019-07-22). "Политический кризис в Москве может усилиться". vedomosti.ru. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Накануне режима ЧП". Новая газета - Novayagazeta.ru (in Russian). 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Дмитрий Гудков пожаловался в СК на конкурентов на выборах в Мосгордуму. Он обвиняет их в подделке подписей избирателей". meduza.io. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Московская акция в поддержку кандидатов в городскую думу. Главное". 14 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-15.
- ^ "Список задержанных на акции против недопуска кандидатов на выборы 27 июля 2019 года". ОВД-Инфо (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Четыре десятка участников акции 27 июля в центре Москвы получили административные аресты". Эхо Москвы (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "Московское дело". Медиазона. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ^ "К делу о митингах в Москве подключилась Вторая служба ФСБ". 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-07-26.
- ^ "Совет по правам человека попросил Генпрокуратуру проверить обоснованность возбуждения "московского дела"". meduza.io. Archived from the original on 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2019-09-14.