submitted by tardigrade to europe 22 points | 4 comments https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/23/polpred-putina-anonsiroval-usilenie-kontrolya-zainformatsiei-vinternete-imessendzherah-a204085 * Russian authorities plan to tighten restrictions on information particularly regarding the impact of Ukrainian strikes. * Legislative efforts aim to minimize unplanned data leaks and promote “spiritual-moral values” through mass media. * Russian citizens have been repeatedly detained for posting videos of the aftermath of the attacks on the Internet, forced to apologise on camera, or fined. [Automated translation with minimal edits.] The Russian authorities plan to tighten restrictions on the dissemination of information about the consequences of Ukrainian strikes and other events related to the war. This refers to publications on the Internet and in instant messengers, the Russian President’s plenipotentiary representative in the State Duma, Garry Minikh, told TASS. According to him, one of the priorities of legislative work will be “everything related to information concerning the support of the special military operation”. “Of course, we will try to minimise leaks — out of stupidity, out of thoughtlessness, when people are almost taking selfies against the background of the affected objects,” Minch said. He also announced plans to promote “spiritual and moral values” through the media and other information resources. Minkh stressed that in this way the authorities expect to form a “correct view” of what is happening among young people and adults. “It is very important here that the content and form of presentation of this positive material come together in some kind of common resource that would work for the benefit of our society and the state,” said the presidential envoy. In addition to strengthening control over information, Minkh named the defence sector as a priority for lawmaking. Earlier, Verstka’s sources in the pro-government media reported that the presidential administration had banned the controlled media from covering the consequences of Ukrainian strikes on Russia. According to them, such an order was issued in the second half of June, as the Kremlin was dissatisfied with the fact that the affected facilities were widely displayed by propaganda “from all angles and for all tastes”. Bans on publishing the consequences of drone attacks are in effect in at least 65 regions of Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the territories of the Central, Volga, and Southern Federal Districts. In the Far East, restrictions have been imposed in the Primorsky and Zabaykalsky Krais, as well as in the Sakhalin Region. In Siberia, they are in force in the Irkutsk, Kemerovo, and Novosibirsk regions, the Altai Territory, and Tuva. In the Urals — in the Sverdlovsk and Tyumen regions. Russians have been repeatedly detained for posting videos of the aftermath of the attacks on the Internet, forced to apologise on camera, or fined. In several regions, including the Omsk region, where UAVs struck an oil refinery, security forces threatened criminal cases of “treason” for such publications. Archived

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