Elections / Elected officials / Candidates 
On 29/6 Moscow police said they seized the election leaflets of mayoral candidate Aleksei Navalny. (The Moscow Times , 1/7)

On 1/7 anti-Kremlin leader Aleksei Navalny kicked off his mayoral campaign in Moscow. (The Moscow Times, 2/7)

On 3/7 Yevgeny Urlashov, mayor of Yaroslavl, was arrested with three of his deputies for allegedly soliciting bribes. He was charged on 4/7. (RFE/RL: 3/7, 4/7)

On 5/7 prosecutors demanded a six-year jail term for opposition leader Aleksei Navalny in his trial in Kirov. (RFE/RL, 5/7)

Economic crimes
On 2/7 the State Duma passed an amnesty for certain economic crimes. (The Moscow Times, 3/7) 

On 5/7 Moscow City Court rejected a second appeal filed by Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin against the sentences of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. (RAPSI, 5/7) 

On 5/7 reports said Olga Tsymai, ex-employee of tax inspectorate No. 28, was charged with embezzling budget funds in a fraudulent VAT tax scheme. (The Moscow Times, 5/7) 

LGBT rights
On 29/6 a sanctioned gay pride gathering in St. Petersburg ended in the detention of dozens of activists. (The Moscow Times, 1/7)

On 30/6 President Putin signed into law a bill against “gay propaganda.” (The Moscow Times, 2/7)

On 5/7 President Putin signed a law banning the adoption of children by same-sex couples. (The Moscow Times, 5/7) 

Right of association 
On 29/6, a Justice Ministry spokesperson said Golos activists could face sanctions if they continued their activities after the organization was suspended. (Human Rights Watch, 29/6) 

The Justice Ministry has signed up its first “foreign agent,” the NGO Supporting Competition in CIS Countries. (Bellona, 1/7)

On 2/7 Human Rights Watch said the authorities should investigate the raid of 21-22/6 on For Human Rights. (HRW, 2/7)

Right of assembly