"Russia Considers Property Confiscation for Army Critics"

Russia's parliament is considering a law that would allow for the confiscation of money and property from those spreading "deliberately false information" about the military, as part of a crackdown on dissent following its actions in Ukraine. The law would also strip guilty individuals of honorary titles, and has been used to silence critics of President Vladimir Putin, with multiple activists and bloggers receiving long jail terms. Notable cases include bestselling novelist Boris Akunin being charged and added to the register of "extremists and terrorists," and popular writer Dmitry Glukhovsky being sentenced to eight years in absentia for spreading false information about the armed forces.