Protests banned at Sochi

Putin has gone even further than the mere "propaganda" law, going so far as to sign a decree banning all protests at the Sochi Olympics.

Citing “terrorism,” Russia’s President Vladimir Putin just signed a decree that will ban all demonstrations, rallies, and protests in Sochi, Russia, well before and after the 2014 Winter Olympics. The official order, reported in the Russian press today, bans “meetings, rallies, demonstrations, marches and pickets that are not associated with the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games” that are not officially part of the Olympic Games. Travel will be highly restricted in the area, and every person will be searched. The Winter Olympics in Sochi are from February 7-23, and the Paralympics are from March 7-16, but the order covers far more time. more

By associating protests with "terrorism", any protests that go ahead will now be dealt with accordingly. This puts protests into a whole new category.

Any violation of Russia’s draconian anti-gay “propaganda” law during the Sochi Olympics is now a violation of a Russian anti-terrorism decree. 

That would seem to raise the crime of being openly gay to an entirely new and dangerous level: An act of terrorism. 

And what exactly is the price one pays for violating anti-terror decrees in Russia? Our Olympians may soon find out. more

Fuck.

Anyone wanna go to the gulag Olympics?