Russia To Ban Accurate Maps As “Extremist Materials”

Reuters reports:

Russia’s government extended support to a legislative amendment that would classify maps that dispute the country’s official “territorial integrity” as punishable extremist materials, the state-owned TASS news agency reported on Sunday.

The amendment to Russia’s anti-extremism legislation stipulates that “cartographic and other documents and images that dispute the territorial integrity of Russia” will be classified as extremist materials, the agency reported.

Russia’s sweepingly ambiguous anti-extremism legislation — it applies to religious organizations, journalists and their materials, as well as the activity of businesses, among others – has allowed the Kremlin to tighten its grip on opponents.

Read the full article.

The change to the country’s anti-extremism laws would make punishable “cartographic and other documents and images” that differ from Moscow’s definition of the Russian Federation.https://t.co/oSwG6B8ADt

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 9, 2023