Solidarity actions with similar demands were held in more than 40 cities of Russia. Several thousand people across the country took part in them. People came out to rallies and single pickets. In St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don and Bryansk, police detained participants in these actions. In Moscow, after the rally on Sakharov Avenue, some of the protesters headed towards Chistye Prudy and Kitay-Gorod . There the police began to detain them.

Moscow: 256 detainees, at least 5 staying overnight. China town 1 detainee: Boris Zolotarevsky. Leave it overnight. Meshchansky 10 detainees, including Yegor Albitsky, Alexey Shuplyakov, Alexey Yakovlev, Oleg Yakovlev, Pavel Zelensky. They let me go.

The security forces burst into the center for the collection of the Sobol headquarters and the reserve studio “Navalny Live” with searches. Love Sobol reported this on her Twitter. Today, the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow has published information that the organizers of the agreed rally on Sakharov Avenue allegedly turned to them.

TV director Dmitry Vasiliev, who was detained in the case of "mass riots", was left in a temporary detention center. According to OVD-Info lawyer Tatyana Prilipko, he was interrogated at the Investigative Committee until 5:30 am. Vasilyev has diabetes, but he was not allowed to take insulin and a glucometer into the cell. The ambulance doctors who arrived at night stated that they had no right to write a certificate about the impossibility of carrying out investigative actions.

The most massive protest in recent years took place in Moscow. Approximately 60,000 people attended the agreed rally on Sakharov Avenue. The main demands of the people are to stop the criminal case initiated under the article on “mass riots” after the rally on July 27, to release its defendants and to register independent candidates for participation in the elections to the Moscow City Duma. OVD-Info tells the main thing about today.

Throughout the day, protests for fair elections are held in dozens of Russian cities. The focus of attention is not only the scandal with the exclusion of opposition candidates from the elections to the Moscow City Duma and similar stories in other regions, but also the administrative and criminal prosecution of participants in previous actions for fair elections, police violence, and the activation of other official departments. OVD-Info is online.

Detention in Moscow August 10 / Photo: Anastasia Medvedeva for OTD-Info According to the ATS-INFO at 02:45 August 11, in 5 cities in promotions for fair elections, the police detained 352 people. We publish lists. Moscow: 256 detainees, at least 5 remain overnight. Kitay-Gorod 1 detainee: Boris Zolotarevsky. Leave at night. Meshchansky 10 detainees, among them Egor Albitsky, Alexei Shupupovakov, Alexei Yakovlev, Oleg Yakovlev, Pavel Zelensky. Let go.