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MYSTERIOUS: Russian lawmakers to debate seizing property of those who discredit army | Mind Blowing Facts

Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma, says 'everyone who tries to destroy Russia must suffer the deserved punishment' [File: Iranian Parliament website/WANA/Handout via Reuters]

Russia’s parliament will consider a law allowing for the confiscation of money, valuables and other property from those deemed to spread “deliberately false information” about Moscow’s military actions, a senior lawmaker has said.

Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma, wrote in a Telegram post on Saturday that a bill has been developed in an attempt to punish “scoundrels” who “pour mud” on Russia and its soldiers participating in the war in Ukraine, which is approaching its two-year mark.

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