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The Soviet constitution guaranteed all sorts of things (like free speech and religious expression) NONE of which were actually allowed in practice.

The fact that YOU have not yet been arrested does not mean others have not been. You post from a message board that just may have an axe to grind.

The list of things you picked out from the new law do NOT exist in the US...

What I do notice is that you have NO idea what a real republic with constitutional freedoms is all about.

Since the law is new you have NO idea how it will be used with Putin consolidating his power

I don't pretend that Russia has the same degree of freedom of speech that the U.S. has. While some ex-Rusians claim that the U.S. has a far stricter mind control that Russia of the USSR have ever had, while it's not run by the government ...

To the topic: jailing isn't a rule here, any case of prosecution of an opposition activist is a news. This is the point you started with and I replied on it, not in a broader sense. The case of suspension of the Navalny's verdict is a good example.