Hi, I’m finally free. These 30 days under arrest dragged on especially long this time. ⠀⠀First of all, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who went to the protest rallies in Moscow, and to those who supported them in other cities. ⠀ ⠀⠀I admire the endurance and courage of the independent candidates, many of whom are still under arrest (yesterday I managed to exchange a few words through the cell window with Yulia Galyamina, when she was ceremoniously brought to us on a bus with five OMON officers (Russian riot police) as escort), and of those hostages — randomly detained people being held in pretrial detention centers (SIZO, Russian remand prisons) to intimidate everyone else. Sending support to them and their families. ⠀ ⠀⠀Respect to my colleagues at the ACF, who, despite the raids and searches, started putting out investigations even more often than before, even without me. I hope you’re watching our series "The Moscow Corrupt Official" on YouTube. ⠀ ⠀⠀They will not succeed in intimidating us. We despise this cowardly, thieving government, which used to need lies and election fraud to "win" elections, and now can no longer manage without arresting candidates, beating peaceful protesters, and carrying out searches that look more like armed robberies. ⠀⠀United Russia has no public support, and I hope that on September 8, "smart voting" will prove it. ⠀ I’m incredibly happy to be back with you. I missed you.

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