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.
