Russian parliament have approved a new legislation that could see people jailed for up to 15 years if found guilty of peddling so-called false information about the actions of the army, amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
People convicted of spreading what the authorities deem to be false information concerning the military’s activities face fines and imprisonment under the legislation, which now now been sent to President Vladimir Putin for assent.
The law will allow “those who lied and made statements discrediting our Armed Forces to be punished, and very severely,” as soon as it comes into force, Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said Friday, when lawmakers in the State Duma unanimously endorsed the measure
