Russian parliamentarians propose to increase fines from a maximum of 300 thousand to five million rubles. Under the new amendments, criminal liability may increase from three to 15 years in prison.
Deputies of the State Duma of Russia submitted for consideration amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Violations, which provide for increased punishment for the so-called “discrediting participants in a special military operation.” This was announced by the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin on March 1.
“Any public dissemination of deliberately false information, as well as public actions aimed at discrediting the RF Armed Forces, volunteer units, organizations and individuals that assist in the fulfillment of the tasks assigned to the RF Armed Forces, are unacceptable,” he said.
According to him, “violators” face severe punishment: fines of up to five million rubles or in the amount of salaries and other income for a period of up to five years. Also, for statements that do not correspond to the position of the Russian authorities, Russians can be sentenced to corrective or forced labor for up to five years, or to imprisonment for up to 15 years.
Volodin added that the second reading of the amendments will take place on March 2, and in case of support, the third, final reading will take place on March 14.
It should be noted that now the Russian Federation also has administrative and criminal liability for “discrediting” the RF Armed Forces. Article 280.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 300 thousand rubles. Also, citizens of the Russian Federation can be sentenced to forced labor for up to three years, or to imprisonment for up to three years.
Recall that on February 7, the State Duma of the Russian Federation proposed to return the death penalty for “traitors to the motherland.” Deputy Andrei Kolesnik believes that citizens who “work against Russia” should be subject to an exceptional measure of punishment.
Earlier, on January 9, ex-president of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev proposed to “quietly” eliminate “traitors to Russia.” He cited the example of the Second World War, when the Soviet secret services irreproachably eliminated citizens unfit for the authorities.
