Look at the remarkable dossier Sobyanin’s City Hall (the Moscow mayor’s office) is keeping on “independent and opposition” municipal deputies:
Isn’t that lovely? And they’re not even embarrassed about it—they’re openly sending out instructions like this to district administrations. Details here: http://garnach.livejournal.com/281712.html And here: http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2337348