In the second and third readings, lawmakers passed a bill that would penalize the distribution of maps or images that challenge the country’s territorial integrity. Individual violators face a fine of 1,000 to 3,000 rubles or detention for up to 15 days, legal entities – up to 1 million rubles. The article will be amended. 1 of the federal law “On combating extremist activities”.
Extremist material will include all cartographic and other documents and images intended for distribution and public display that challenge the territorial integrity of the country.
The authors of the amendments to the “false maps” were the State Duma Security Committee Vasily Piskarev, as well as his deputies Ernest Valeev and Anatoly Vyborny.
The bill was submitted to the State Duma in September 2022. It was accepted at first reading in December.
Wallpapers and tasks of the quiz
Piskarev has previously stated that it is particularly dangerous for children to see images in which territorial affiliation is disputed, such as the Crimea or the Kuril Islands. As an example, he cited children’s photo wallpapers “sold in one of the popular retail chains.” The Crimea on them was designated as Ukraine.
In the official demo versions of the USE tests in geography, maps of the LPR, DPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions belong to the territory of Ukraine, this was the first publication that attracted attention. “To climb”. The Federal Institute of Pedagogical Measurements announced on its official website that “in the tasks of KIM, maps of the territory of the Russian Federation are presented within borders from 01.01.2022.”
Rosobrnadzor hastened to clarifyIn the geography assignments that the graduates will give in the exam, the new regions will already be determined as Russian.
“Demo versions of control and measurement materials (CMM) for all academic subjects used in the unified state examination were developed and in August 2022, Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. In the main period of the unified state examination in 2023, participants of the USE in geography will be provided with up-to-date maps of the territory of the Russian Federation, ”the author said.
The Crimean Peninsula became a subject of the Russian Federation in accordance with UN standards with a nationwide referendum in March 2014. More than 96% of Crimeans and more than 95% of Sevastopol residents support the reunification of Crimea with Russia. Since reunification, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stressed that the question of state ownership of Crimea is “definitively closed”.
On February 24, 2022, the Russian leader, in response to a request for help from the heads of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, decided to organize a special military operation to protect Donbass. After the results of the September referendums, the DPR and LPR, as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions became part of Russia.
without borders
Many companies try to specify geographic features in two languages (for example, sitting on two chairs). made Google, with the Crimean bridge – closer to Taman, the bridge is signed in Russian, and from the western part “Krimsky Mist”), even removing the borders between the states and leaving the territory neutral.
So, to search for cheap flights, the aggregator service Aviasales published A map that does not show country borders. According to Janis Dzenis, Director of Public Affairs at Aviasales, the resource does not have “its own maps” and the company borrowed the “unlimited” map from external map service MapTiler.
In “Yandex. Maps” decided to remove state borders from world map. The company explained that the main scenarios for using the service are to search for nearby establishments and places, choose public transport, and create car routes.
“In the near future, at survey scales, where the service is not used in its main scenarios, the map will become physical-geographical. Emphasis on this will be placed not on the borders of states, but on natural objects, ”the press service of the service said.