In the second reading, amendments were adopted that provide for up to 15 years in prison for discrediting participants in a special military operation (SVO), including volunteers. This was announced on Thursday, March 2, by the press service of the State Duma .
“As a punishment, fines of up to five million rubles are provided, either in the amount of the wage or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to five years, or correctional or forced labor up to five years, or imprisonment for up to fifteen years,” the message of the Telegram channel says . The State Duma”.
On January 23, Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Igor Krasnov said that 187 facts of the spread of fakes about the army had been revealed in the country since the article appeared in the Criminal Code in March 2022. The Prosecutor General also urged not to link the “dynamics of fakes published on the Internet” with “tightening of responsibility for their distribution.” In particular, Krasnov cited the example of the Western media, for which “the introduced criminal law prohibitions will not have a deterrent effect.”
Source: rambler
