Since 2015, law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation planned to spend at least 7.3 billion rubles on funds to disperse protests. This follows from the report "

A document compiled by the Apologia Protest legal service (Agora project) notes that almost the same amount of money was planned by the Moscow authorities to support citizens who lost their jobs due to the situation with coronavirus.

Having analyzed the public procurement website, the authors of the reports cite examples such as Rosguard and police contracts for water cannons and their maintenance in the amount of more than 650.5 million rubles, as well as for aerosol gas sprayers (more than 201.2 million rubles). Among the most expensive acquisitions are armored special vehicles, for which the state spent more than 4.4 billion rubles for more than 4 years.

" At the same time, they indicate that now most of the special equipment is not used, since, according to the law, the use of non-lethal weapons is prohibited in non-violent actions that do not violate public order. In addition, for example, the use of water cannons is not allowed at air temperatures below zero degrees Celsius.

Protest sentiments have been rising throughout the world in recent years, with "