The State Duma approved an increase in fines for defamation of the RF Armed Forces.
The State Duma Committee on Criminal and Administrative Legislation approved for adoption in the first reading a bill to increase the fines for a number of offenses, including hooliganism, selling alcohol to children, smoking in unauthorized places and defaming the armed forces of the Russian Federation. The commission's conclusion was published in the bureau's electronic database on November 9, writes pnp.ru.