Aside from being heralded as a grave affront to democratic freedoms in Russia, the new bill raising fines against violations during rallies has been branded by many as simply ludicrous and almost inevitably counter productive for the Putin regime.  Thanks to the Washington Post for making clear just how definition-defyingly extreme this proposed change to legislation is, by a series of comparisons:

If, as expected, the bill becomes law, protesters whose rallies aren’t officially sanctioned will face fines of up to 300,000 rubles ($9,000), up from the current 2,000 ($60).