Posted on 02/14/2024 9:49:29 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
Associated Press — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law Wednesday that will allow authorities to confiscate money, valuables and other assets from people convicted of spreading “deliberately false information” about the country’s military.
The bill sailed through the lower and upper houses of the Russian parliament, and was unanimously endorsed by the upper house last week.
The speaker of the lower house, Vyacheslav Volodin, said the measure includes harsher punishment for “traitors who sling mud at our country and our troops” and would “strip those scoundrels of honorary titles, confiscate their assets, money and other valuables.”
Russian officials have used the existing law against “discrediting” the military that covers offenses such as “justifying terrorism” and spreading “fake news” about the armed forces to silence Putin´s critics. Multiple activists, bloggers and ordinary Russians have received long prison terms.
The new confiscation law would also apply to those convicted of publicly inciting “extremist activities” and calling for actions harmful to state security or “discrediting” the armed forces. Discrediting the Russian military became a criminal offense under a law adopted as part of a sweeping government crackdown on dissent after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
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“Putin and Biden are two peas in a pod.”
Thank you so much for sharing these informative LINKS!
You are very knowledgeable on current Russian news. Very funny FSB joke — Do you have Prince Albert in a can?
—”Do you have Prince Albert in a can?”
No, but my street light is running and I gotta go out and catch it.
“Putin Signs Law That Will Confiscate Assets From Critics of Armed Forces”
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Putin seems to be a very “WW” guy. Weak and Woke.
Because he can’t handle protests and critics, thus he forbids them. Just like any Communist nation would do. The woke people acte like that as we all know : they Forbid! Forbid! Forbid!
Here in America we can all criticize the FBI, CIA the Government if we so want to. In Russia, anyone uttering a word against the deep state (KGB / FSB) or against the all mighty BIG Government / caviar-eating Kremlinist politicians get 15 years in prison. Or worse...
Their government elites treat poor Russian citizens like “deplorables”, just good enough for cannon fodder and paying massive taxes to fund their warmongering forever war machine.
Some Freepers are siding with the caviar eating Russian boys playing war in their Kremlin ivory tower...
Well... I support the Russian people instead! The majority of the Russian people have had enough - they want to end this Kremlin deep state war, now.
Long live the “deplorables”, together lets resist the deep-state in Russia.
Freedom First.
My pleasure!
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