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Russia issues first conviction for spreading ‘fake news’: Report

By Christopher Hutton
Published June 2, 2022 1:52pm ET
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Russia issues first conviction for spreading ‘fake news’: Report
Russian officials have issued the first criminal conviction for spreading “fake news” since the country passed laws restricting content critical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Officials in Zabaykalsky, a Russian region on the east side of the country, convicted Pyotr Mylnikov on Monday of falsifying unspecified Russian Defense Ministry documents and posting “knowingly false” videos […]

Russian officials have issued the first criminal conviction for spreading “fake news” since the country passed laws restricting content critical of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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