 After Gaskarov was acquitted from the Khimki case, the police “subjected him to constant pressure, including several attempted provocations,” according to one source.Gaskarov was an observer at the December 4, 2011, Russian elections, and said “what we saw was quite clear-cut.Indeed, it is a weird situation when you are trying and cannot even find a single person in your circle who would say ‘I voted for United Russia, and that’s why this party is doing so well.’ Actually there were no such people, there was no mass support for those in power.”

Gaskarov went on to become an active participant in the mass demonstrations against what the protesters saw as the falsification of the December 2011 Russian elections.