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The lower house of Russia's parliament has approved a bill that would allow the confiscation of money, valuables and other assets from those convicted on charges of spreading “deliberately false information” about the country’s military

The lower house of Russian parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that would allow the confiscation of money, valuables and other assets from those convicted on charges of spreading “deliberately false information” about the country's military.

The State Duma swiftly voted to approve the bill, which is now expected to quickly sail through the upper house and be signed by President Vladimir Putin.

Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has said that the new law would apply to people who are convicted of publicly inciting “extremist activities” or calling for actions that would hurt the security of the state, as well as “discrediting” the armed forces. Discrediting the armed forces is a criminal offense under a law adopted as part of a sweeping government crackdown on dissent after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.

“Everyone who tries to destroy Russia, who betrays it, must suffer the deserved punishment and pay compensation for the damage inflicted on the country, at the cost of their property,” Volodin said.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Running out of money, Putin?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Of course not. Why would you suggest such a thing? I've been assured by dozens of tankies here on Lemmy that a 5:1 casualty rate and North Korea as a major arms supplier are signs of success.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

We should have seen this coming. These same tankies have been claiming that North Korea is a workers' and peasants' paradise for years, that any non-flattering information on this country is just evil Western propaganda. I wish I was making this up. Even moderate tankies who acknowledge that NK is in a very poor shape by any metric try to blame this on Western sabotage, which is 1:1 a lie that the regime tells its own citizens.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Of course not! That toilet we confiscated will absolutely not be used for military purposes.

Oh wait, I forgot russians don't have those.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

The lower house of Russia's parliament has approved a bill that would allow authorities to confiscate money, valuables and other assets from people convicted of spreading “deliberately false information” about the country’s military.

... telling the truth about the country's military.

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This is just one of many signs of the Russian economy booming!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Booming as in the loud noises that sometimes occur before large structures collapse?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Republicans' boss is scary yo

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Ay that's misinformation, hand over the wallet!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Would be one hell of a way to hoist Putin on his own petard if he was accountable to anybody.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think the assets of rich Russians are still just frozen. Time to use them to support Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

So far they’ve just agreed to give Ukraine the money made on interest. But yea

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

~~Silent~~ Noisy War Financing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's like they are using AI to make up new rules and laws

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

They are going to need to draft more soldiers if every single status report requires one be sent the the Gulag.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

That sure is a nice lookin car you got there fella.