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Boris Nemtsov's trip to Rostov.

One-person pickets in Moscow in support of those accused in the May 6 case.

A conversation before the trial with businessman Pyotr Ofitserov, defendant in the Kirovles case.

Detention for putting up stickers in support of Alexei Navalny on charges of "violating public amenities." An independent observer is not allowed into the police station.

An event at the Sakharov Center raising funds from the sale of Sergei Udaltsov’s book to support political prisoners in the Bolotnaya Square case.

The political demostration in Buenos Aires, aimed at defending democratic rights and freedoms. This took place against the backdrop of mass protests around the world in the 2010s, including protests against economic inequality, corruption, and authoritarianism.

Gennady Gudkov's conversation with the father of Artem Savelov, a defendant in the Bolotnaya Square case. Savelov spent nine months in pretrial detention without having been convicted.

Writer Dmitry Bykov falls asleep, feels bored, reads and debates with Tikhon Dzyadko, and says that the opposition's decisions will not always please their followers — and that trying to please everyone is not a goal at all: “If you say something, someone will always be unhappy with you; if you stay silent, then your colleague Piontkovsky will be unhappy.” The Opposition Coordination Council votes on the group’s working regulations.

Participants of the Seliger youth camp watch a video featuring Navalny, and some chant “Turn it off!” Dmitry Ternovsky then criticizes Putin for the case against Pussy Riot, the judicial system as a whole, and the immutability of power. The Russian president responds that he did not change the Constitution to suit himself, and "moved to a lower position".