The State Duma banned the State Department from handing out cookies at Russian rallies
The State Duma of the Russian Federation has introduced a strict ban on direct or indirect foreign financing of public events in Russia. Unexpectedly, this bill caused a wave of criticism from representatives of opposition factions. “These accounts, which will need to be opened and monitored, which will need to be reported, and who will be held accountable for incorrect reporting, are an additional opportunity to ban public events or...