2017 Anti-corruption protests in Russian cities

A year ago, on March 26, 2017, anti-corruption protests initiated by Alexei Navalny took place in more than 80 Russian cities. The reason for them was the lack of response from the authorities to the film-investigation of the Anti-Corruption Foundation "He is not Dimon to you", which tells about the alleged corruption ties of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

In total, up to 150 thousand people participated in the protests. About 1800 of them were detained. In Moscow, according to various estimates, between 8,000 and 30,000 people took part in the demonstrations. These were the largest protests in Russia since 2013.

March 26 case: criminal prosecution of participants in an anti-corruption rally