This photograph, taken on July 27, 2019, depicts a human rights defender reading the Constitution to the police during a protest rally in Moscow, Russia. Widespread public protests were triggered when the Moscow district election commission refused to include independent opposition candidates on the ballot. Moscow police detained a record number of 1,373 people in connection with these peaceful demonstrations over the summer of 2019.
Photographer Oleg Efremov, is a cinematographer and art photographer from Moscow.