Decree Banning Rallies, official title - "On the specifics of applying enhanced security measures during the period of... " - a document establishing in Nizhny Novgorod and a number of other cities "enhanced security measures" in connection with FIFA events, such as 2018 FIFA World Cup in Nizhny Novgorod and the preparations for the Championship.

As assessed by Nizhny Novgorod residents

« Told you it is not for nothing that they are fencing off Minin Square the preparations for the football World Cup with a two-metre fence
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"Fishing in troubled waters"

Curiously, the document, like many other decisive regulations, does not set specific start and end dates for the "enhanced security measures", nor the limits of powers in its enforcement.