About 50 years looks simply implausible. It was rumored that the dissemination of false information in wartime would be prosecuted under the article on treason, which can be given a maximum of 20 years, and which is actually written in such a way that it can be interpreted very broadly, but based on this, even if you add others article for false information, then the maximum will be one and a half terms for the worst crime, that is, 30 years, not 50.
I am very confused. I just looked into the vote history of this comment, and I can’t find any point in time where this comment was in the negatives. Can someone explain to me?
Apparently spreading “fake news” about the military will soon carry a prison term of max. 15 years. (The Russian parliament passed a bill a few hours ago, which could be signed into law as soon as Saturday.)
It is unclear to me how easy it is get the full 15 years and how much of the law only applies to news about the military.
“For spreading false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under the guise of reliable reports, a fine of 700 thousand to 1.5 million rubles or a penalty of up to three years in prison is provided.
For spreading a fake using one’s official position, by a group of persons or by a group of persons with artificial creation of evidence of the prosecution, the penalty will be from five to 10 years in prison. If deliberately false information entailed serious consequences, a penalty of 10 to 15 years in prison is provided.”
I will also answer this comment that such punishments are not massive (in Russia, autocracy, not totalitarianism), their purpose is to “public flogging”, like the article for extremism.
Yeah, doesn’t seem to be true. There is this law, and general attitude of treating posts on vk/facebook as a mass media—but it is ‘just’ 3 years or a huge fine, and it is rarely enforced (yet). (There might be some other relevant laws that I don’t know about, but I would be very surprised (and concerned) if they involved 10 year prison terms.) It might be wise to make some minimal precautions though—like making all posts that are not meant to be read by tovaritch major “friends only”.
Update: Prosecutor’s General Office says that protest will be treated as “participation in radical group” which is up to 6 years. Probably won’t be used too massively, at least initially.
What? I’m Russian, all people around me contradict Russia’s official media all the time, never heard about something like this.
About 50 years looks simply implausible. It was rumored that the dissemination of false information in wartime would be prosecuted under the article on treason, which can be given a maximum of 20 years, and which is actually written in such a way that it can be interpreted very broadly, but based on this, even if you add others article for false information, then the maximum will be one and a half terms for the worst crime, that is, 30 years, not 50.
Your English is fine, and your comment seems informed and relevant. Unfortunately, upvoting and downvoting are not objective here.
I am very confused. I just looked into the vote history of this comment, and I can’t find any point in time where this comment was in the negatives. Can someone explain to me?
It was on zero.
Criminalizing things people do all the time is an important step in allowing arbitrary exercise of power.
Apparently spreading “fake news” about the military will soon carry a prison term of max. 15 years. (The Russian parliament passed a bill a few hours ago, which could be signed into law as soon as Saturday.)
It is unclear to me how easy it is get the full 15 years and how much of the law only applies to news about the military.
“For spreading false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation under the guise of reliable reports, a fine of 700 thousand to 1.5 million rubles or a penalty of up to three years in prison is provided.
For spreading a fake using one’s official position, by a group of persons or by a group of persons with artificial creation of evidence of the prosecution, the penalty will be from five to 10 years in prison. If deliberately false information entailed serious consequences, a penalty of 10 to 15 years in prison is provided.”
This is a high-qualify comment. I appreciate you contributing to the discussion.
Thanks. I have edited the sentence in question to link to your comment.
Update: According to my original source, either I misheard him/her or he/she misspoke. 15 years is the correct number.
I will also answer this comment that such punishments are not massive (in Russia, autocracy, not totalitarianism), their purpose is to “public flogging”, like the article for extremism.
Yeah, doesn’t seem to be true. There is this law, and general attitude of treating posts on vk/facebook as a mass media—but it is ‘just’ 3 years or a huge fine, and it is rarely enforced (yet). (There might be some other relevant laws that I don’t know about, but I would be very surprised (and concerned) if they involved 10 year prison terms.) It might be wise to make some minimal precautions though—like making all posts that are not meant to be read by tovaritch major “friends only”.
Update: Prosecutor’s General Office says that protest will be treated as “participation in radical group” which is up to 6 years. Probably won’t be used too massively, at least initially.