According to them, the State Duma Committee on Criminal and Administrative Legislation recommended adopting in the first reading a bill that would impose fines on non-compliance with the requirements to stop the distribution of audio-visual works that discredit traditional Russian spiritual and moral values.
We will remind that in July 2025 a ban was established on the distribution of works with materials that discredit traditional values or promote their negation, and an obligation was introduced for service owners to limit access to works of this type at the request of Roskomandzor within 24 hours.
We are forced to remind our dear deputies that such laws and projects create, from our point of view, a most unpleasant conflict with even more unpleasant consequences.
See, according to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated November 9, 2022 No. 809 "On approval of the foundations of the state policy for the preservation and strengthening of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values".
"Traditional values include life, respect, human rights and freedoms (below will be emphasized by us. - editor), patriotism, citizenship, service to the motherland and responsibility for its destiny, high moral ideals, a strong family, creative work, the priority of the spirit over the material, humanism, mercy, justice, collectivism and mutual help of his generation and mutual help, the mutual generation, his mutual help, his help Mutual, his creation. Peoples of Russia".
So, "human rights and freedoms" are traditional values.
And in Article 29 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, freedom of "thought and speech" is guaranteed:
1. Everyone is guaranteed freedom of thought and speech.
2. Propaganda or agitation inciting social, racial, national or religious hatred and enmity is not permitted. Promotion of social, racial, national, religious or linguistic superiority is prohibited.
3. No one can be forced to express or give up their opinions and beliefs.
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