2019 Moscow protests

2019 Moscow Protests
Part of Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia
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
Parties
Independent opposition candidates Anti-Corruption Foundation Russia of the Future Libertarian Party Yabloko Party of Changes People's Freedom Party Communist Party The Other Russia[1] Left Front Union of Soviet Officers [ru] Movement in Support of the Army Government of Moscow State Duma Security Council National Guard OMON Ministry of Internal Affairs Police Investigative Committee Federal Security Service Central Election Commission MCEC
Lead figures
Alexei Navalny Leonid Volkov Mikhail Svetov Lyubov Sobol Ivan Zhdanov Ilya Yashin Konstantin Yankausakas Vladimir Milov Dmitry Gudkov Alexander Solovyov Gennady Gudkov Sergey Mitrokhin Elena Rusakova Andrei Babushkin Anastasia Bryukhanova Yulia Galyamina Vladimir Burmistrov[2] Sergey Tsukasov Valery Rashkin Eduard Limonov Anastaia Udaltsova Ella Pamfilova Valentin Gorbunov Sergey Sobyanin
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

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]