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[mutantsushi]

Sharu said:

mutantsushi said: When I see a guy waving a sign for gay rights being arrested/fined, 

Nobody was arrested for this in Russia yet. Illegal meetings arrests =/= gay rights arrests.

I'm not sure what you mean by illegal meetings arrests, although if you could link to what you're referring to, that sounds interesting itself. This was the protestor I remembered hearing of:
http://kazantimes.com/kazanmoments/activist-charged-with-violating-russias-gay-propaganda-law/

Other things I thought of:
How much is gasoline/diesel?  Fixed price everywhere or varies by location/vendor? 
Just because that affects how much people can drive longer distances.
I think governors used to be appointed by the federal government, but now they are elected, except in South Caucasus?