Fines for Things That Bug Moscow

Moscow Times: "Moscow may soon make finable offenses out of courtyard fireworks, panhandling, pushy proselytizing, and loud music in apartments during the day.

The City Duma on Wednesday will consider legislation to impose fines of 100 rubles to 5,000 rubles for a raft of activities that the bill's author, Deputy Oleg Bocharov, says are disrupting peace and order in Moscow streets and homes.
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