In December 2011, thousands took to Russia’s streets to protest electoral fraud in what became a push against Putin’s status quo. Source: OVD-Info.
We continue our partnership with OVD-Info, an NGO that monitors politically-motivated arrests in Russia. Every Friday, we bring you the latest information on freedom of assembly.
Six years ago, on 5 December 2011, a rally took place in the Chistye Prudy area, Moscow. This protest against the results of the State Duma elections marked the start of the protest movement of the 2010s. The rally ended up with mass arrests — and that same evening OVD-Info was born. The project was initiated by two people: a computer programmer and a journalist.
