Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said at the annual extended meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that in 2022 Russian users are regularly exposed to massive stuffing about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (AF) on the Internet. Published on website Kremlin.
“Five thousand administrative offenses and 41 crimes were uncovered,” said the head of the internal political department.
Kolokoltsev also added that law enforcement agencies recorded about 90 facts about the Russian military, which were deliberately false publications.
Former Russian President Vladimir Putin signed criminal liability law for discrediting and spreading false information about those involved in a special operation, regardless of their status. The law provides for a prison sentence of up to 15 years and a fine of up to 5 million rubles.
Prior to that, Putin signed a federal law with calls for anti-Russia sanctions and large fines and criminal sanctions for fake news about the military. In particular, for the deliberate dissemination of false information about the Russian Armed Forces, a fine was imposed in the form of a fine in the amount of 700 thousand to one and a half million rubles, or salary or other income. for a period of up to 18 months from the convicted person. Up to one year of corrective labor, up to three years of forced labor and imprisonment for the same period were also provided.