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Russian MPs OK bill setting up to 15-year jail term for fake news on army
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMOSCOW — Russian lawmakers approve legislation providing up to 15 years in jail for any publication of fake news about the Russian armed forces, one week after Moscow invaded Ukraine.
The bill, adopted after a third reading, sets out jail terms of varying lengths and fines against people who publish “knowingly false information” about the military, with harsher penalties to hit when dissemination is deemed to have serious consequences.
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