{"id":1359003,"date":"2022-03-04T15:22:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1359003"},"modified":"2022-03-04T15:22:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T20:22:57","slug":"russia-to-punish-ukraine-war-fake-news-with-up-to-15-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-to-punish-ukraine-war-fake-news-with-up-to-15-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia to Punish Ukraine War \u2018Fake News\u2019 with Up to 15 Years in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-to-punish-ukraine-war-fake-news-with-up-to-15-years-in-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1359003&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>The Russian Parliament on Friday approved a bill that would impose prison sentences of up to 15 years for \u201cspreading fake news about the Russian Armed Forces and the military operation in Ukraine,\u201d as the <\/span><i><span>Moscow Times<\/span><\/i> <span>summarized it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA group of people that use their position to spread fake information or distribute fake news with falsified evidence could be jailed for 5 to 10 years. If the falsified information has grave consequences, the punishment will be 10 to 15 years in prison,\u201d the <\/span><i><span>Moscow Times <\/span><\/i><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2022\/03\/04\/russia-duma-passes-law-on-fake-news-a76754\">reported<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The Duma furnished some examples of punishable \u201cfake news,\u201d including \u201cold photos of burned military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that have been photoshopped to have markings of the Russian military,\u201d and eight-year-old footage from the war-torn Donbas region of eastern Ukraine repurposed to look like fresh \u201ccrimes perpetrated by the Russian military.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Russia\u2019s state-run <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1416533\"><span>Tass<\/span><\/a><span> news service said other punishments for \u201cfake news\u201d mentioned in the bill include hefty fines and \u201cobligatory labor for up to three years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tass <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1416679\"><span>quoted<\/span><\/a><span> Duma policy chief Alexander Khinshtein saying, \u201cThe law applies to all citizens, not only Russian citizens, because we are talking about actions against Russia.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Khinshtein admitted Russia\u2019s ability to punish foreigners for violating its speech codes was limited but noted the statute of limitations on offenses would be \u201cup to 15 years,\u201d so Russian prosecutors would have plenty of time to stalk foreign offenders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Radio Free Europe<\/span><span> (RFE) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/russia-fake-news-military-invasion-independent-media\/31735798.html\">said<\/a> the bill also makes it a crime to \u201cmake calls against the use of Russian troops to protect the interests of Russia\u201d or \u201cdiscrediting such use.\u201d Those offenses would carry penalties of up to three years in prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16680866\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Russian-Prisons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16680866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Russian-Prisons.jpg\" alt=\"In this file photo taken on Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, Guards and an unidentified inmate stand near the entrance to the prohibited area around the prison in the town of Krasnokamensk in Siberia&#039;s Chita region near the Chinese border, Russia. A hunger strike by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny cast a spotlight on the country\u2019s prison system that critics say is built on fear and torment. Navalny was transferred Sunday, April 18, 2021 from his prison colony to a hospital in another prison amid reports about his declining health that drew international outrage. Nearly 520,000 inmates occupy Russia\u2019s prison system - numerically by far the largest prison population in Europe. Most of the prisons are collective colonies, a system dating back to the Soviet Gulag era, with workshops and inmates sleeping in dormitories. (AP Photo\/Denis Gukov, File)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this file photo, guards and an unidentified inmate stand near the entrance to the prohibited area around the prison in the town of Krasnokamensk in Siberia\u2019s Chita region near the Chinese border, Russia (AP Photo\/Denis Gukov, File).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>RFE noted the Russian government has already used regulatory agency Roskomnadzor to tighten its grip on media during the attack on Ukraine. Roskomnadzor has issued directives forbidding the use of words like \u201cinvasion\u201d or \u201cwar\u201d to describe what dictator Vladimir Putin prefers to call a \u201cspecial military operation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Roskomnadzor has also \u201climited\u201d access to foreign media, including RFE, and restricted access to foreign smartphone apps on the Google and Apple stores.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>On Thursday, venerable liberal radio station Ekho Moskvy (\u201cEcho of Moscow\u201d) was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2022\/03\/03\/russian-liberal-radio-mainstay-ekho-moskvy-closes-after-pulled-off-the-air-a76730\"><span>crushed<\/span><\/a><span> by Roskomnadzor in retaliation for its reporting on the Ukraine war.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20117114\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Alexei-Venediktov-Echo-of-Moscow-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20117114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Alexei-Venediktov-Echo-of-Moscow-getty.jpg\" alt=\"Echo of Moscow editor-in-chief Alexei Venediktov makes a statement in the office of Russian Echo of Moscow radio station in Moscow on October 23, 2017. - An unknown assailant on October 23, 2017 forced his way into the office of a Russian radio station that is critical of the Kremlin and stabbed a presenter in the neck before he was detained, the chief editor told AFP. (Photo by Vasily MAXIMOV \/ AFP) (Photo by VASILY MAXIMOV\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Echo of Moscow editor-in-chief Alexei Venediktov makes a statement in the office of Russian Echo of Moscow radio station in Moscow (VASILY MAXIMOV\/AFP via Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Ekho Moskvy has been operating since the last days of the Soviet Union, maintaining a generally peaceable relationship with the Kremlin while occasionally providing coverage and commentary that displeased it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The popular radio station was shut down after Roskomnadzor accused it of spreading \u201cdeliberately false information about the actions of Russian military personnel\u201d and disseminating \u201cinformation calling for extremist activity,\u201d which are essentially the actions that would be criminalized and punished with prison time under the bill approved by the Duma. Ekho Moskvy\u2019s board of directors voted on Thursday to liquidate the company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The \u201cfake news\u201d bill <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/wireStory\/russian-lawmakers-approve-prison-fake-war-reports-83250295\"><span>passed<\/span><\/a><span> through both houses of the Russian Parliament on Friday and could be signed into law by Russian leader Vladimir Putin as early as Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian Parliament on Friday approved a bill that would impose prison sentences of up to 15 years for \u201cspreading fake news about the Russian Armed Forces and the military<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1359003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1359003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}