On May 5, 2018, the He Is Not Our Tsar protest took place across Russia at the call of Alexei Navalny, two days before Vladimir Putin’s next inauguration. In cities across the country, participants demonstrated against the indefinite hold on power, corruption, and political arbitrariness. The protests ended in mass detentions and violent dispersals, especially in Moscow, where protesters were attacked, including by Cossacks wielding nagaikas (traditional whips).
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