Boris Nemtsov says that the authorities’ response to his attempt to march through Moscow with a Russian flag shows that they ‘hate freedom, despise dignity, and consider democracy the biggest threat to their power‘.  His case has been sent back to the police after a court ruled that there was not enough evidence to convict him of insubordination, says The Economist.  This article notes one positive outcome of the wildfires – that Russian people showed strong support for fire-damaged areas, both through donating supplies and volunteering.  Russia and the US are apparently planning to revive a decades-old idea to launch the Beringia National Park, which shares borders with Chukotka and Alaska.  Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, ‘who portrays himself as an environmentally concerned leader‘, has been pledging his support for Russia’s bear population, and will join the International Fund for Animal Welfare this week to assist with their research on the western gray whale.  Activists gathered on Saturday to protest the zero-tolerance alcohol policy for drivers, under which, they say, even non-alcoholic fermented milk drinks could register incriminating levels of alcohol in the blood.