The key facts

  • The State Duma Committee on Criminal and Administrative Legislation has backed a bill on fines for social media.
  • The bill concerns content discrediting traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.
  • The possible amounts of the fines are not disclosed in Rossiyskaya Gazeta's report.

Committee backs bill

The State Duma Committee on Criminal and Administrative Legislation has backed a bill introducing large fines for distributing content that discredits traditional Russian spiritual and moral values. This was reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta (RG).

What remains unknown

The available publications do not disclose the specific amounts of the fines, how they would be applied, or the next stages of the bill's consideration. The article by Rossiyskaya Gazeta was brief at the time of writing and was marked as being updated, so the details of the initiative — including exactly whom the sanctions would apply to and what stage the document is at — remain unclear.