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WAR IN UKRAINE

Russia to punish 'fake news' about Ukraine war with 15 years' jail

Marc Bennetts, Moscow
Tuesday March 01 2022, 2.10pm, The Times
Ukrainian policemen stand guard at a security checkpoint near Kyiv
that was hit by Russian shelling
Ukrainian policemen stand guard at a security checkpoint near Kyiv
that was hit by Russian shelling
SERGEY DOLZHENKO/EPA
Marc Bennetts, Moscow
Tuesday March 01 2022, 2.10pm, The Times

Russia is set to introduce a new law that will make it a crime
punishable by up to 15 years in prison to spread "fake news" about
the Kremlin's military operation in Ukraine.

The proposed legislation, which is supported by Vyacheslav Volodin,
the parliamentary speaker, a close ally of President Putin, could be
discussed by parliament as early as this week, state television
reported.

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"These fakes demoralise society and undermine faith in the army and
the security services," Vasily Piskarev, an MP with Putin's ruling
party, said. He added that Russia's military was "maintaining peace"
in Ukraine.

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Piskarev said that "disinformation" was being generated in Ukraine
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