Opposition Challenges Demonstration Law

Russia’s Constitutional Court agreed to consider the complaint of opposition leader Konstantin Kosyakin challenging the constitutionality of the statute regulating public meetings and demonstrations. Kosyakin argues that local authorities often apply the statute unconstitutionally by banning demonstrations on arbitrary pretexts, and the statute is unconstitutional because it allows authorities to take such actions.

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