In Russia banned rallies and pickets after 22:00 local time. Exceptions are made only for cultural events or those devoted to memorials. Consequential amendments to the law “On meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches and pickets” signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“public event can not begin before 7:00 and end after 22 hours of the day, local time, with the exception of public events dedicated to memorials in Russia, public events, cultural content,” – said in a paper published 6 October official Portal legal information. When this regulation enters into force, is not specified.
The paper noted that the amendments to the law on rallies were approved by the State Duma on September 19 and by the Federation Council – October 1. As reported on the website of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, on the 359th meeting considered the only amendment to the law on rallies, which have a State Duma deputy from the faction “United Russia” Anatoly Vyborny and a member of the Federation Council Klishas.
For Klishas this is not the first successful amendment to the law on rallies. In June 2014, Senator has proposed amendments to the bill a State Duma deputy from the faction “United Russia” Alexander Sidyakina of criminal liability for violations at the rallies. Then United Russia suggested to amend Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offences, which punishes violators in the form of criminal prosecution and a fine of up to one million rubles. In this edition of administrative article 20.2 is currently available on the site Consultant.ru .
In addition to the amendments to the law on rallies, Klishas also gained fame thanks to initiatives such as empowering the Ministry of Justice to autonomously include -profit organization in the register of foreign agents. In addition, Klishas figured among the initiators of the amendments that have dual citizenship should send the notification to the FMS, although the direct author is deputy from the Liberal Democratic Party, Andrei Lugovoi. Violators of this rule, according to innovation, we plan free to criminal liability in the form of compulsory work.
Human rights defenders and opposition to the new amendments do not see infringement of their rights by the authorities. “No serious blow to the opposition and civil society in the law no. I do not remember a single application, someone asked the right to spend a night rally. And so it is clear that no night meeting no one will ever agree on,” – said “Interfax” the leader of the movement “For Human Rights” Lev Ponomarev.
One of the veterans of the Russian human rights community include the introduction of a measure of “reassurance”. “Rather, the additional reassurance, just in case that there is a legitimate right of someone to disperse when suddenly someone stay the night” to prevent the “Maidan” and “Orange Revolution” – said Ponomarev.
agrees with him and opposition writer Eduard Limonov, is considering a new law restricting the rallies, as a continuation of the “fight against a possible Russian” maidan “mass hysteria.” He took it with irony. “It turns out that the crowd can not be collected after ten o’clock at night. I perceive it as an attempt to send a civilized and obedient people home, nothing more,” – said Limonov, who a few years left on unauthorized rallies on Triumph Square in defense of freedom of assembly, for which he was repeatedly detained by the police.
In general, the amendments toughening the law on rallies, have been actively taken after mass protests, which began after the elections to the State Duma in December 2011. Protest actions were organized, including in the form of marches. One of them took on the eve of the inauguration of Vladimir Putin, May 6. Then share over riot that resulted in hundreds of activists were arrested, prosecuted. Later, some media reported that their march was organized by the provocation on the part of law enforcement agencies to undermine the protest movement.
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