Dmitry Medvedev vetoes amendment to the law on assemblies and meetings

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has vetoed an amendment to the law
on assemblies and meetings, RIA Novosti cited the Kremlin's press
service.
The president wrote to the two heads of the Federal Assembly,
explaining that the proposed changes would impede the constitutional
right of a citizen to conduct assemblies, meetings, demonstrations,
marches and pickets.
The head of the Russian state underlined the direct link between a
citizen’s right to carry out public demonstrations and his or her
right to participate in government policy, freedom of opinion and
other constitutional rights, which can only be curtailed in order to
defend the foundations of constitutional order, ethics, health, rights
and legal interests of other individuals and the state, and noted that
the proposed amendments do not correspond to these aims, although some
suggestions may be taken into account.
The law “On conducting assemblies, meetings, demonstrations, marches
and pickets” was adopted by the State Duma on October 27.
The proposed amendments mainly dealt with the organisers and
notification required to hold public demonstrations.