Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on criminal responsibility of up to five years of incarceration for gross violations of the foreign agents bill by individuals, media workers, as well as by members of unregistered political unions, TASS reported. The document was published on Wednesday on the official web portal of legal information.
Amendments are introduced to Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation which provides sanctions for willful evasion of inclusion in the foreign agents list. Those foreign agents who have already been previously held administratively liable for similar perpetrations will face criminal penalty.
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