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| After Navalny convicted of libeling elderly WW2 Red Army hero, Russian MPs propose law to impose jail time for insulting veterans | After Navalny convicted of libeling elderly WW2 Red Army hero, Russian MPs propose law to impose jail time for insulting veterans |
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| A group of Russian MPs has proposed a bill that would impose a sentence of five years behind bars for those found guilty of insulting war heroes. The punishment would also extend to those who desecrate the memory of dead veterans. | A group of Russian MPs has proposed a bill that would impose a sentence of five years behind bars for those found guilty of insulting war heroes. The punishment would also extend to those who desecrate the memory of dead veterans. |
| The draft legislation comes after Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny was handed an 850,000 ruble fine ($11,500) for libeling a 94-year-old former Red Army soldier last summer by calling him a “corrupt lackey” and a “traitor” in a tweet. | The draft legislation comes after Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny was handed an 850,000 ruble fine ($11,500) for libeling a 94-year-old former Red Army soldier last summer by calling him a “corrupt lackey” and a “traitor” in a tweet. |
| The new legislation, written by MPs Alexander Khinshtein and Sergey Boyarsky, would make insulting veterans a separate charge, rather than coming under the defamation laws Navalny was tried for. Co-authors on the bill include MPs Irina Yarovaya and Vladimir Shamanov, all from the ruling United Russia party. | The new legislation, written by MPs Alexander Khinshtein and Sergey Boyarsky, would make insulting veterans a separate charge, rather than coming under the defamation laws Navalny was tried for. Co-authors on the bill include MPs Irina Yarovaya and Vladimir Shamanov, all from the ruling United Russia party. |
| “We responded with an amendment that establishes liability of up to five years in prison and up to 5 million rubles ($70,000) in fines for actions that would desecrate the memory of or insult veterans,” Yarovaya said while speaking on Wednesday to First Channel. | “We responded with an amendment that establishes liability of up to five years in prison and up to 5 million rubles ($70,000) in fines for actions that would desecrate the memory of or insult veterans,” Yarovaya said while speaking on Wednesday to First Channel. |
| The proposed new law would amend the existing 2014 Law Against Rehabilitation of Nazism. She also revealed that the bill has already been supported by every single faction in parliament. | The proposed new law would amend the existing 2014 Law Against Rehabilitation of Nazism. She also revealed that the bill has already been supported by every single faction in parliament. |
| The suggested legislation is significantly more stringent than that proposed last week by Anton Orlov, director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Politics, who called for a 100,000 ruble fine ($1,400) and a one-year imprisonment. | The suggested legislation is significantly more stringent than that proposed last week by Anton Orlov, director of the Institute for the Study of Contemporary Politics, who called for a 100,000 ruble fine ($1,400) and a one-year imprisonment. |
| When asked about the proposition, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed that he had not yet read the text. | When asked about the proposition, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov revealed that he had not yet read the text. |
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