POLITICS● ELEVATED2h ago · Oct 20, 2026, 2:17 PM
Russian lawmakers want to triple prison terms for online ‘calls to riot’ to keep ‘foreign agents’ and Russians abroad from ‘provoking’ unrest
Meduza [en] · eastern europe
Lawmakers have submitted a bill to Russia’s State Duma that would increase criminal penalties for calls to mass riots, one of its authors, Vasily Piskarev, said.
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