The Cabinet of Ministers has proposed to introduce liability for public denial of Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, the temporary occupation of Ukrainian territories by Russia, as well as any attempts to legalize and legitimize the annexation of a part of Ukraine.
That’s according to Priamyi TV.
The Cabinet suggests that persons who have committed such actions be fined in the amount of UAH 17,000 to 34,000. For repeatedly violating the norm within 24 months, the fine shall amount to UAH 34,000 to UAH 51,000.
Public denial equates to at least one appeal to more than one person expressing any written or graphic image of Crimea or Donbas as part of Russia or as a separate territorial entity, or a denial of Russia’s attempts to legalize and legitimize the annexation of Crimea.
Subject to the new norm shall be national and foreign public figures, state and local officials, as well as “politically significant persons,” the draft says.
The bill’s authors also emphasize that the new legislation is expected to prevent impunity for committing the offense, create a basis for improving the legal domain of administrative liability, in maximum compliance with international law.
It should be recalled that an OCU metropolitan earlier signed a political memorandum against collaborationism.
Also at the beginning of 2021, a new bill was introduced, laying down a norm allowing to prosecute collaborator priests, sentencing them to 3 to 10 years in prison if found guilty.
