Russian lawmakers urge harsher punishments for false terrorism reports

The United Russia Party wants to introduce harsher punishments for false information about terrorist attacks and wants to ban such reports in the mass media. A related bill was introduced by Robert Shlegel of the party, Yuga.ru reports.According to the bill, false information about terrorism will be punished by up to 1-4 years in jail. False reports on planned terrorist attacks are currently punished with 3 years in jail. Mass media sources caught publishing false information about terrorism several times may lose their licenses.

The United Russia Party wants to introduce harsher punishments for false information about terrorist attacks and wants to ban such reports in the mass media. A related bill was introduced by Robert Shlegel of the party, Yuga.ru reports.

According to the bill, false information about terrorism will be punished by up to 1-4 years in jail. False reports on planned terrorist attacks are currently punished with 3 years in jail. Mass media sources caught publishing false information about terrorism several times may lose their licenses.