The bill on confiscation for fakes about the army will be considered expeditiously

The State Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation on Monday recommended adopting in the first reading a bill providing for the confiscation of property used to spread fakes about the army or calls for activities against the security of the state, if these crimes were committed for selfish reasons. In addition, those convicted under these articles may be deprived of honorary titles and state awards by court decision.

Amendments to the Criminal Code, developed by United Russia members Irina Yarovaya, Vasily Piskarev and Elena Yampolskaya, were submitted to the Duma on Monday morning. Moreover, by the time it was submitted, in addition to these three co-authors, the document was signed by State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, leaders of Duma factions (with the exception of the chairman of the New People, Alexei Nechaev) and almost four hundred other deputies. As a result, the total number of co-authors was 395 people.

The relevant committee, which reviewed the initiative on the same day, supported it without discussion. Following the results of the Duma Council meeting that took place in the afternoon, First Deputy Speaker Alexander Zhukov announced that deputies will consider the bill in the first reading this coming Wednesday, January 24.

The Kremlin has not yet commented on the initiative. “While work is ongoing at the level of people’s representatives, we, as a rule, do not comment. They must complete their work, the bill still has to go through certain iterations, so it’s probably premature yet,” presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday.

Grigory Leiba