Russian opposition supporters protest new repressive law

Russian opposition supporters protest new repressive law
August 09, 2016
MOSCOW (AP) — About 1,000 Russian opposition supporters rallied in Moscow Tuesday to protest a controversial new legislation that offers new sweeping powers to security agencies. The set of counter-terrorism amendments initiated by the hawkish lawmaker Irina Yarovaya has sparked outrage among rights activists. Among other things, it introduces prison sentences for failure to report a grave crime and obliges telecommunications companies to store call logs and data for months.

President Vladimir Putin signed the amendments into law last month. Protesters, who gathered Tuesday in Moscow's Sokolniki park, denounced the new legislation as part of the Kremlin's efforts to stifle protest ahead of next month's parliamentary elections. The rally, which had been sanctioned by authorities, proceeded peacefully as police watched from the sidelines.

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Scary.....

failure to report a grave crime and obliges telecommunications companies to store call logs and data for months

Isn't that actually pretty standard in Europe?