Moscow April 6, 2013 : Hundreds of protestors rally in Moscow demanding the release of those arrested in connection with the demonstration at Bolotnaya Square, Pussy Riot, and others. Pictured are signs with photographs of those charged in connection with Bolotnaya, and also two Pussy Riot members who are in prison. © 2013 Calogero Russo / LUZ / Redux
Russia’s Protesters on Trial:
What you need to know about the Bolotnaya case
Moscow Russia May 6, 2012: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny (second from right) announces a sit-in at the Bolotnaya rally.
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Moscow Russia May 6, 2012: Riot police swinging batons at protesters on Bolotnaya Square. After some protestors threw bottles and chunks of asphalt, the police in full riot gear charged into the crowd, dragging some people out and beating them with nightsticks.
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On May 6, 2012, the day before Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for his third presidential term, tens of thousands of protesters marched in central Moscow and began to assemble for a rally, sanctioned by Moscow municipal authorities, at Bolotnaya Square, near the Kremlin. Unbeknown to the rally organizers, the Moscow city police department had decided the day before that police should block off one of the entrances to the square on May 6, allegedly for security reasons.
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Defendants in a glass cage, known as “the aquarium” at the Moscow City Court Thursday, June 6, 2013, at the start of preliminary hearings against 12 Bolotnaya protesters.
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Moscow Russia May 6, 2012: Opposition leaders Alexei Navalny, Sergei Udaltsov, Boris Nemtsov, Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Kasyanov, Yevgenia Chirikova and Ilya Yashin lead a group marching toward Bolotnaya Square The demonstration dubbed as the “March of a Million” drew around 20.000 people, far more than had been expected.
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