On June 12, 2017, a second major wave of anti-corruption protests swept across Russia following Alexei Navalny’s investigation, “He Is Not Dimon to You” (a reference to former Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s nickname). The demonstrations continued the March 26 rallies: people once again took to the streets to demand answers about evidence of corruption among top officials and to show that the video investigation had turned into political action. In different cities, the rallies unfolded in different ways—some were officially authorized, others took place under pressure and with arrests—but together they became one of the defining moments of Russia’s protest movement in 2017.
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