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RUSSIA EXPANDS LAWS CRIMINALIZING ‘FAKE NEWS’
Moscow moves to further crack down on domestic dissent, amid ongoing war on
Ukraine.
The new laws threaten those who "knowingly" spread so-called false information
about all Russian state bodies operating abroad | -/AFP via Getty Images
By Victor Jack
March 22, 2022 5:15 pm
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Russian lawmakers on Tuesday dramatically toughened “fake news” laws, in the
Kremlin’s latest move to crack down on domestic dissent amid its ongoing war on
Ukraine.
The new laws, approved by lawmakers in the state Duma, Russia’s lower house of
parliament, threaten those who “knowingly” spread so-called false information
about all Russian state bodies operating abroad with fines of 1.5 million rubles
(around €13,000) and prison sentences of up to 15 years.
The new amendments add to existing legislation which criminalizes Russians who
disseminate “false information” about the Russian army, and will now head to the
Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, before being signed into
law by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The laws will likely come into force
ten days after this, according to legal rights group Net Freedoms Project.
The move, which affects discussion of the Russian Guard, Russian embassies, the
Prosecutor’s office and other state, military, law enforcement and judicial
bodies, comes during a wider Russian state clampdown on opposition amid broad
Western condemnation of the war on Ukraine.
More than 15,000 Russians were detained between February 24 and March 20 for
protesting against the lethal invasion of Ukraine, according to data from
monitoring group OVD-Info.
The act approved by the Duma says those who spread information “with the
artificial creation of evidence of the accusation … based on political,
ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity” can receive a
10-year jail sentence, or up to 15 years if their actions cause “grave
consequences.”
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