Medvedev is a Putin's asshole:
The only hope it won't be working because it's Russia. As we say "суровость закона компенсируется необязательностью его исполнения". In fact it means that officially in Russia you can't buy even a SIM card w/o a passport, but in real you can buy it almost everywhere for about $3. Distribution of pornography is forbidden in Russia while even the state TV operators include it into their paid packets. You must have a license to be a taxi driver, but go to the street, raise your hand and you'll see how many drivers here don't give a flyin' fuck about that law.
P.S. How many noise was about the so-called "anti-gay" law in Russia? Has it been enforced since then at least once? The answer is NO.