Posted on 03/04/2022 7:10:52 AM PST by Meet the New Boss
Spreading fake news about the Russian military can be punishable by up to 15 years in prison if a new bill is passed in Russia, state-owned news agency TASS reported Friday.
On Friday the State Duma passed a law introducing punishment for spreading fake news about the Russian Armed Forces and the military operation in Ukraine, statements that discredit the armed forces, and calls for sanctions on Russia.
According to deputy Maria Butina and TASS, the document was adopted unanimously.
A group of people that use their position to spread fake information or distribute fake news with falsified evidence could be jailed for 5 to 10 years.
If the falsified information has grave consequences, the punishment will be 10 to 15 years in prison.
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The document will be sent to the Federation Council and President Vladimir Putin for signature and may come into effect tomorrow.
Putin announced the beginning of a special military operation in Ukraine on Feb. 24. Since then the government has escalated the on-going suppression of liberal media. Several Russian news outlets - including Dozhd, The Village and Znek.com - have suspended their operations due to mounting pressure and new state restrictions.
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He gave out lots of fake news about the Russian military: there will be no attack on Ukraine, it's just a training exercise, the troops are already being sent back to their home bases, it's merely peacekeeping troops in Donbass, and so on.
He'd better watch his step in the future, with this new law in place!
(also, Maria Butina shows up in the article - but isn't she is a defender of freedom and individual rights? I shan't believe it! /sarc)
So Putin has put them right back to the glory days of Pravda. Scummy little tyrant. Russian patriots need to do some watering.
The Duma must be full of Democrats.
Regards,
AMAZING they didn’t have that law in effect prior, like we essentially do when everyone complaining about vaccines was ‘canceled’.
I guess they’re trying to catch up to the West.
Coming soon to America
So what do you have to say about the hundreds of fake news and lies handed out by Joe Biden then?
Right after American Patriots take action.
We Had laws against fake news called the Fairness doctrine removed during Clinton. FCC had staff making surprise visits. If your news agency printed option as news you got a hefty fine. Remember the news would announce time for editorial? Republicans didn’t fight it because they said to codify would ruin talk radio….
Opinion lolll
We did just the opposite.
If we had a law like that can you imagine how many media outlets would become defunct?! 🤪
Are those women holding those men hostage?
WTH?
Russia just banned Facebook. Can’t have that pesky outside news reaching the Russian people.
Probably why that TV crew walked off the job.
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Yup.
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