TODAY: Rival rallies held in Astrakhan; Shein to faces charges for instigation?  Yevgenia Chirikova receives prize; poll shows most Russians hold unfavorable views on LGBT community; Nurgaliyev ignores calls to step down; FSB tightens claw on web use; Assange publicizes new RT show

More than 2,000 Russians took to the streets in Astrakhan on Saturday, where Just Russia leader Oleg Shein has been on hunger strike for nearly a month, in protest against electoral fraud, Reuters reports.  At least 10 people were arrested.  Police apparently estimated a turnout of 300-350 people.   A rival rally in favor of elected candidate Mikhail Stolyarov was held in another part of the city, attracting a crowd, police say, of 5,000 people.  Local police are apparently collecting material to draw up an administrative case against Shein (who can be heard here discussing aggressive police tactics against protestors) for instigating an unsanctioned rally.  The hunger striker may go to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Churov, head of Russia’s Central Election Commission.  PACE monitors are finalizing their report on March’s presidential elections, which they say, ‘lacked […] citizens’ trust’.  Indefatigable Khimki Forest campaigner Yevgenia Chirikova is one of six people across the globe to have been awarded the $150,000 Goldman Environmental Prize, dubbed the Green Nobel Prize, for her work in local campaigning.  Russia has turned down an appeal to uplift a ban on NGO Justice Initiative, which provides support for victims of alleged human rights abuses in the North Caucasus.