"Who can remember all these names?": A Novosibirsk deputy criticized a bill to prosecute Russians for searching for "extremist" information.
State Duma deputy, member of the Just Russia party Alexander Aksenenko He advocated for a “deep revision” of the bill and recalled that the list of “extremist materials” currently contains 5473 entries.
"Who can keep all these names in mind and keep track of such a list's updates daily, so as not to accidentally run into a fine of 3-5 rubles?" Aksenenko stated.
Alexander Aksenenko abstained from voting on the bill in the State Duma, along with 17 other representatives of A Just Russia. The New People party also disapproved of the proposed ban.
"Vague wording allows millions of people to be labeled criminals simply for searching for and viewing unwanted information," said the deputy speaker of the State Duma and first deputy head of the New People faction. Vladislav Davankov"To break the law, you don't even have to repost. Just click the wrong link."
Davankov launched a poll on his Telegram channel about Russians' attitudes toward the upcoming law. 70% of voters chose the "Against" option.
"We've already had experience; they jammed Radio Liberty once, and now they're jamming VPN. The main thing is to remember how these bans ended," "Absolutely all reasonable people are against this law," "They're so fond of copying the Chinese control system, let's copy the Chinese anti-bribery system? We'll shoot corrupt officials," "They're provoking the people," Russians comment.
