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Re:Putin signs law that prohibits technology providing acces... by c-smile on Monday July 31, 2017 @12:26AM (#14889449)
For the brevity: "the law, already approved by the Duma, the lower house of parliament" so it is a collective decision of Russian lawmakers.
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Re:Putin signs law that prohibits technology providing acces... by nmbr213 on Monday July 31, 2017 @02:30AM (#14889894)
Meh, their collective decision is to follow Putin's orders. Gosduma's sessions are streamed online but they still don't give a fuck and play games on smartphones, read newspapers, chat and even don't show up at all so others have to vote for them[1]. No wonder most those draconian laws are passed with 90%+ approval.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Usmji_xRe0U

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Re:Putin signs law that prohibits technology providing acces... by petre on Monday July 31, 2017 @02:42AM (#14889937)
The Duma are just Putin yes men and women.
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Re:Putin signs law that prohibits technology providing acces... by SidiousL on Monday July 31, 2017 @01:32AM (#14889683)
I haven't heard of any instance where the Duma disagreed with any of Putin's ideas. I don't think the Duma is providing any checks and balances to the power that Putin has.
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