In Russia you can get ten years in prison for peaceful noisy protest.

Sorry my mistake, I meant England.

@MarkHoltom

In Belarus you get arrested for wearing the wrong colour socks:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-57013076

In the UK you get arrested for wearing the wrong colour headband:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq55vxq2vvgo

Why wearing the wrong socks is risky in Belarus

Socks and a TV box coloured red and white are treated as opposition protests in Belarus.

BBC News

@MarkHoltom

And both countries are run by oil oligarchs.

It sure seems like the oil industry is behind all the anti protest laws

@MarkHoltom In Germany many socks with the wrong colour (blue) sit in parliament.
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