Russian President Vladimir Putin has endorsed bill introducing a prison sentence of up to 15 years for those people spreading information that goes against the Russian government’s narrative on the war in Ukraine.
The law envisages sentences of up to three years or fines for spreading what authorities deem to be false news about the military, but the maximum punishment rises to 15 years for cases deemed to have led to “severe consequences.”
“We will continue to do everything we can to restore our services so they remain available to people to safely and securely express themselves and organize for action,” Clegg added. The BBC said it was temporarily stopping the work of all its journalists and support staff in Russia while it assessed the implications of the new law. BBC Director-General Tim Davie said the legislation “appears to criminalize the process of independent journalism.”
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