Anton Nosik: "A Constitution that does not exist"

“I understand the concerns of those Russians who see in the new law on rallies a legislative abolition of Article 31 of the Constitution. The problem, however, is that through the actions of our authorities, the entire second chapter of the Constitution of the Russian Federation (“Rights and freedoms of man and citizen”) has long been turned into an archival document that has nothing to do with reality. No matter what article you take, it’s impossible to read without tears... the turn of Article 31 comes, which, unlike all the previous ones, United Russia decided to abolish legislatively. their decision on this matter, you just need to understand that the executive branch, from Putin to the policeman, successfully dealt with the abolition of all other articles on human rights on their own."