Aleksei Navalny
Authorities ordered to compensate Daghestan anti-corruption rally organiser
Makhachkala’s Sovetsky District Court has partially upheld a complaint against the government for arresting and prosecuting the organiser of a 26 March anti-corruption rally. Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has been ordered to pay Marat Ismailov ₽25,000 ($430) in moral damages. A number of Makhachkala residents attempted to participate in the rally on 26 March, which coincided with anti-corruption rallies in a number of cities in Russia following a call by opposition figure Aleksey