The senators who make up Russia’s Federation Council State Sovereignty Defense Commission don’t want citizens demonstrating willy-nilly. According to the newspaper Kommersant, members of the commission are preparing legislation that will “specify requirements for the locations of political rallies.” In other words, lawmakers want to set boundaries for political protests, demarcating areas where they are allowed and where they are strictly prohibited.
Meduza: Russian lawmakers want to restrict all protests to designated zones
A detained protester waves a Russian flag from inside a police bus during an unauthorised rally demanding independent and opposition candidates be allowed to run for office in local election in September, at Moscow's Trubnaya Square on July 27, 2019.
