to be considered heroes. May 29, 2007: Voronezh A smaller march was held in Voronezh on May 29, 2007. According to Garry Kasparov the authorities took maximum efforts to break the march and fulfilled their goals. The destination of the March was planned to be on Lenina Square in city center, but at the last hours city authorities transferred the meeting to Admiralteiskaya Square. Around 40 participants started movement from the city center. By 6:30 pm OMON had displaced the participants from the square and cleaned it. June–October, 2007 June 12: Murmansk June 9: Saint Petersburg (3rd) June 11: Moscow (3rd) June 30: Ryazan October 7: Moscow (4th) November, 2007: Saint Petersburg and Moscow Other marches took place on November 24 in Moscow (5th), on November 25 in Saint Petersburg (4th), and in several smaller cities. Police broke up anti-Putin demonstrations in Moscow, detaining former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, who had become an outspoken critic of the government. Kasparov was sentenced on Saturday to five days imprisonment for organising an unsanctioned rally and refusing to obey police orders. He told reporters the charges were "unfounded" and accused the Russian leader of having recourse to scare tactics. In Saint-Petersburg Russian authorities geared for fresh protests on Sunday. Human rights activist Lev Ponomarev, who was also arrested, accused the authorities of a "completely exaggerated reaction". The Moscow march of November 24 was accompanied by actions in Ryazan, Kaluga, Rostov-on-Don and Nizhniy Novgorod. On November 25 marches took part in Saint-Petersburg, where hundreds gathered as police moved in to make arrests, and also in Yaroslavl and Vladimir. 2008 Marches March 3: Protest rallies after presidential elections in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, and more than 20 big cities December 14: Marches in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg; protest rallies in Kaliningrad and Vladivostok Media depictions Films This is Our City (2007), by Aleksandr Shcherbanosov The Revolution That Wasn't (2008), by Alyona Polunina Books 12 Who Don't Agree (2009), non-fiction book by Valery Panyushkin Music Музыка НЕсогласных 1 (2007) Музыка НЕсогласных 2 (2008) Музыка НЕсогласных 3 (2009) See also Russian March Strategy-31 2011–13 Russian protests References External links Dissenters March Dissenters' March in Moscow, December 16, 2006 music video This is Our City (2007) - Dissenters' March in St. Petersburg filmed by Aleksandr Shcherbanosov Dissenters March - official community in LJ Russian Protests: The Big Guessing Game by Mark Ames, The Nation, 12 June 2007 Police Clash With