A loosely-worded bill against those who ‘create the conditions for a crime‘ has been approved by the Duma, prompting strong criticism from various rights groups including Memorial.  Opponents say that the proposed measures would give the authorities ‘another tool for intimidation‘ of protesters, and the New York Times notes that the bill, if signed into law, would ‘reviv[e] a Soviet-era KGB practice that was often used against dissidents‘.  Sochi was the site of a reportedly 2,000-strong rally against environmental pollution yesterday evening despite various opposition attempts to prevent it from happening.  North of Moscow, the Khimki forest, which is scheduled to be logged by highway developers, is also a site of protest: Yevgenia Chirikova claims she was attacked and threatened by an assailant attempting to deter her from an anti-logging campaign in which she and several other activists are camping out in the forest.