Max Avdeev for Meduza On June 11, 2019, at approximately 8:54 local time, Ivan Golunov was released from police custody in Moscow. Russian penitentiary services said his electronic bracelet had been removed. Outside, crowds chanted “Vanya! Vanya!” and cheered. Golunov was arrested on June 6 and accused of drug possession with intent to distribute. After an unprecedented solidarity campaign and a brief period of house arrest, the charges against him were dropped on June 11.
