The newly proposed law protects Russian fighters 'from provocations and lies,' said the Russian Duma chairman.
for individuals who slander or defame participants of the so-called special military operation against Ukraine.that makes citizens liable"for the dissemination of knowingly false information" about volunteer soldiers.
Volodin said the law, which must still be approved by the upper house of parliament before possibly being signed by Russian President, harkens back to the 1980s and 1990s when"officers in uniform tried not to be in public places" due to a lack of protections. Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev speaks during the plenary session of State Duma on October 19, 2022, in Moscow, Russia. Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, pictured, touted a successful amendment Tuesday that increases prison sentences for those viewed as discrediting Russia's military fighters and volunteers.. In January, he asked Volodin and the Duma to make laws more stringent and punishments more extreme.
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