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[Sharu]

mutantsushi said:

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?

Ok, read about the case. Seems that guy is in fact the person #3 who get charged on this law. Penalties to him are 4000 rub (less then 100 euro). Btw a strange thing - in the article you link to is written that he had a sign that read, “Being gay and loving gays is normal. Beating gays and killing gays is a crime!” 
But on the photo on the sign is written 'Freedom to gays and lesbians of Russia. Down the power of fascists and gomophobes.' I think its quite a difference. 
In any case 2-3 cases with small penalties in 1 year - is hardly a 'pressing gays and lesbians'. These guys wanted to provoke the authorities - and they achieved their targets.

Prices on the benzin (as we call it) are differ, current prices are around 29-31 rub/litr, which is currently around 0.79/0.85 USD or 0.57/0.61 UERO. 
It doesn't change the situation with people travelling. THe distances in Russia are huge and roads are not some good aside from big cities so people often travel by railroad/plane.

On a governors - they were elected at Yeltsin times, then Putin stopped the elections and now I'm not sure on this situation tbh.