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Presentation of a collection of memoirs by eyewitnesses and participants of the Chechen war, "Each in Their Own Silence: The Story of One War" at the Sakharov Center.

A solo picket in support of Alexey Kozlov before his release from prison.

Court hearing in the Bolotnaya Square case. A woman who came to support the defendants learns that one of them, Ilya Gushchin, had helped her during the protests. The prosecutor misreads every defendant's name while announcing them.

Deputy Mitrofanov spoke about his fight against the smoking ban at the opening ceremony of the yachting season.

Businessman Alexey Kozlov, the husband of opposition figure and Russia Behind Bars leader Olga Romanova, has been released from prison. On Friday, May 31, the Presidium of the Moscow City Court reduced his five-year sentence by one year, a term he had been serving on charges of fraud and laundering stolen property. This decision meant the release of Kozlov, who, according to his supporters, spent four and a half years behind bars on a fabricated case.The Moscow City Court planned to send the release documents via special courier to the Ivanovo region, where Kozlov was serving his sentence. However, the paperwork reached the settlement-colony in the town of Kokhma only four days later. During this entire period, Romanova was pressing the Ivanovo branch of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) to free her husband immediately.

The release of businessman Alexey Kozlov from prison.

"Bison Track Show": How the tractor race went in Rostov-on-Don (1st-2nd June, 2013).

The Gezi Park protests in Istanbul began in May 2013 as a peaceful protest against the felling of trees and development in the park, but soon grew into a mass movement against the authoritarian policies of the Recep Tayyip Erdogan government, restrictions on civil liberties, and police violence.

PolitProsvet Award: Awarding ceremony for Lenta.doc project authors Pavel Kostomarov, Alexander Rastorguev, and Alexey Pivovarov.

International Tattoo Festival in Moscow (24th-26th May, 2013).

LGBTQ+ activists who staged solo pickets against the law banning "homosexual propaganda among minors" were detained near the State Duma building. The pickets were attacked by "Orthodox activists" and "Cossacks." Both activists and provocateurs were detained (with only the latter being immediately released).

A political demostration against the law banning "homosexual propaganda among minors" took place in Hyde Park, Gorky Park, Moscow. Protesters encountered police violence.