Russian State Duma intends to punish people for distributing maps without annexed Ukrainian oblasts

The State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament, has adopted a bill that provides for punishment for distributing maps that "appeal to the territorial integrity of Russia."

Source: Meduza, Russian Latvia-based news outlet, with reference to the Russian Duma

Details: In Russia, people will face a fine or arrest for up to 15 days for distributing maps without the occupied Ukrainian oblasts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea.

Such maps, according to the bill, will be recognized as "extremist materials".

The law, if adopted, may concern any map on which, for example, the annexed territories of Ukraine are not marked as part of Russia.

It is noted that there will be no penalty for maps issued before the adoption of the law.

Reminder: 

• On 23-27 September, invaders conducted  pseudo-referendums on the annexation of the occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts 

• On 30 September, Putin signed "agreement on joining Russia" of the occupied Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts and said that from now on, their residents were considered citizens of the Russian Federation.

• to Russia. According to the trumped-up results, 87 to 99% of voters supported the annexation.

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