113_15 substantive_scope 15. The Court notes that under Russian law, services of worship in public were to be performed in accordance with the procedure established for assemblies (see paragraph 12 above). The ban was imposed under the rules and procedures governing public assemblies and setting limitations on freedom of assembly. The issue of freedom of belief cannot in this case be separated from that of freedom of assembly. The Court therefore considers that Article 11 takes precedence as the lex specialis for assemblies and will deal with the case principally under Article 11, whilst interpreting it in the light of Article 9 (see, for a similar approach, Pendragon v. the United Kingdom, no. 31416/96, Commission decision of 19 October 1998; Rai, Allmond and “Negotiate Now” v. the United Kingdom, no. 25522/94, Commission decision of 6 April 1995; and Plattform “Ärzte für das Leben” v. Austria, no. 10126/82, Commission decision of 17 October 1985).