2021 Russian election protests

2021 Russian election protests
2021 Russian election protests
Part of opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia
	A demonstration at the Pushkinskaya Square, Moscow, on 25 September 2021.
Date	20 September 2021 – late October 2021
Location	Russia
Caused by	Dissatisfaction with the results of elections to the State Duma, in particular electronic voting; Suspicions of election fraud in favor of United Russia;
Goals	Cancellation of electronic voting (DEG) results in Moscow; Revision of the results of the 2021 Russian legislative election; Criminal proceedings against Alexey Venediktov;
Methods	Protests; Demonstrations; Processions; Picketing; Internet activism;
Status	Ended
Parties
Communist Party Leninist Komsomol; Movement in Support of the Army; Allied CPRF social and political organizations and movements Left Front; For a New Socialism; Union of Soviet Officers; ; Revolutionary Workers' Party; Russian Socialist Movement; The Other Russia; Smart Voting	Government MVD Police; Moscow Police; ; TsIK; Far-right groups Supported by; United Russia; LDPR
Lead figures
	Valery Rashkin; Nikolai Bondarenko; Mikhail Lobanov; Sergei Udaltsov; Nikolay Platoshkin Vladimir Putin; Ella Pamfilova; Alexei Venediktov Sergey Shoygu; Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Number
25 September; Thousands of protesters (according to opposition); 400 people (according to the MVD)
Casualties
Arrested	100 detainees

The 2021 Russian election protests, also known as the "For Fair Elections" protests, began in September 2021 due to alleged large-scale electoral fraud of the 2021 Russian legislative election.