"There are no traditional values, but there are traditional fines for discrediting them": New fines are being considered for introduction in Russia
United Russia has proposed introducing fines for discrediting traditional values. The new article in the Code of Administrative Offenses also provides for penalties for failure to comply with Roskomnadzor's order to remove such content.
With the initiative to impose fines for distributing materials that "discredit traditional Russian spiritual and moral values" or "promote their denial" Representatives of United Russia spoke. In particular, Sergey Boyarsky, Anton Nemkin, Alexey Volotskov и Anton Gorelkin.
The amount of fines under the bill
According to Boyarsky, fines are proposed for owners of audiovisual services, not for ordinary Russians. For a first offense, citizens face a fine of 5 to 10 thousand rubles, to officials - from 50 to 100 thousand, legal entities - from 500 to 700 thousand rublesFor repeat violations, the fines will increase to 150, 400, and 3 million rubles, respectively.
To this end, a new article is proposed to be added to the Code of Administrative Offenses. It would also provide for penalties for failure to comply with Roskomnadzor's order to remove such content.
The authors of the bill propose defining the criteria for what exactly constitutes “discrediting values” through the wording of the presidential decree on “traditional values.”
What are people writing on social media about the new fines?
"You are always guilty and must pay fines. It's as old as time," "There's this ancient website called IA Panorama, where they used to publish such news as satire. The reality turned out to be far more disappointing," "There are no traditional values, but there are traditional fines for discrediting them. This is what the reign of Chekist lawlessness looks like." — Russians comment on social networks.