This is the report of an NGO-led inquiry into the policing of protests on the eve of Putin’s inauguration (6 May 2012) in Bolotnaya Square in Moscow. The establishment of the inquiry was supported by Amnesty International, Article19, the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the International Civil Initiative for OSCE (ICI OSCE), Civic Solidarity, the International Protection Centre and Human Rights Watch
