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Drinking families, stairwells, local characters, and mysterious fires — a glimpse into life in Biryulyovo. On October 13, 2013, large-scale ethnic riots broke out in the Biryulyovo Zapadnoye district of Moscow. The unrest was triggered by the murder of 25-year-old local resident Yegor Shcherbakov, for which an Azerbaijani migrant, Orkhan Zeynalov, was accused. A crowd gathered near the Biryuza shopping center began rioting, looting a vegetable warehouse and several stores. The protests were accompanied by attacks on passersby of non-Slavic appearance. Police detained around 400 people. These events became the largest ethnic clashes in Russia in those years and sparked a nationwide debate about migration policy.

Visits by a Miloserdie (Mercy) Foundation employee to the families of children with disabilities.

Vasily Boyko-Velikiy presents the "Elektronika on Presnya" shopping center after visiting a church.

Political demostration in the Ramensky District of the Moscow Region against the actions of MP Nadezhda Shkutko. Residents express distrust, protest against a paid cemetery in the village of Malakhovo, and demand compensation for unissued land shares.

The installation of a banner and a solo picket in support of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova outside the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Republic of Mordovia (“The hunger strike of convict N.A. Tolokonnikova was preplanned, September 30, 2013 – Novaya Gazeta”). Police attempt to prevent the banner’s installation, involving three different agencies.

In Correctional Colony No. 1 in the Republic of Mordovia, the father of a prisoner who was waiting for a visit outside the penal colony died. This is what Pyotr Verzilov reports during his visit with Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.

Joint exercises by Mosgaz and EMERCOM.

On Sunday, September 29, a Murmansk court ordered the arrest of eight crew members of the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise. A total of 30 people from among the ship’s passengers and crew, including photographer Denis Sinyakov, will remain in pre-trial detention centers in Murmansk and Apatity for two months. All of them are suspected of the criminal offense of “piracy”: the Investigative Committee considers Greenpeace’s environmental protest at the Prirazlomnaya oil platform in the Pechora Sea an attempted seizure of the facility. The footage shows the detainees inside the detention center—most of them speak English and do not understand what is happening or why they have been arrested.

Charity concert "Rock-Uznik"(Rock-Prisoner) in support of those accused in the Bolotnaya Square case.

A meeting of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council (KSO) following the results of the mayoral campaign. Ilya Yashin is against participating in a second KSO. The decision to hold elections for a second Coordination Council has not been made.

The Moscow (running) marathon.

Sergey Sobyanin's inauguration, police attack protesters with "Navalny" flags.