Russia Duma Passes Law on 'Fake News'

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Spreading fake news about the Russian military can be punishable by up to 15 years in prison if a new bill is passed in Russia, state-owned
to deputy Maria Butina and TASS, the document was adopted unanimously.A group of people that use their position to spread fake information
to 15 years in prison
Some of them include the use of old photos of burned military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that have been photoshopped to have
the Donbas region from 2014-2015 and passing it off as crimes perpetrated by the Russian military in order to "create a global negative
Vladimir Putin for signature and may come into effect tomorrow.Putin announced the beginning of a special military operation in Ukraine on
Feb
24
Since then the government has escalated the on-going suppression of liberal media
Several Russian news outlets - including Dozhd, The Village and Znek.com - have suspended their operations due to mounting pressure and new