2020 Russian protests
The 2020 Russian protests were a continuation of the previous demonstrations from 2017-2018 and 2019 caused by authoritarian rule of Vladimir Putin, repression of opposition, 2020 constitutional amendment which increased Putin's power and allowed him to stay in power until 2036, and the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny 2020. The protests began on 29 February with a march in Moscow in memory of a killed former Deputy Prime Minister and Putin's critic Boris Nemtsov, during which several opposition figures, including Navalny and Grigory Yavlinsky were giving speeches and accusing President Putin for assassination of Nemtsov.