Seven Panorama news stories that became reality

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An easy way to foreign agents

Panorama, August 24, 2021

"The Human Rights Council called for the removal of foreign funding from the conditions for granting foreign agent status." “More than half of those who criticize the President, governors, mayors, the legislature of all levels, who fight corruption or defend so-called human rights, have never received money from abroad. This should not prevent them from being included in the register of foreign agents, otherwise the whole system loses its meaning, ”said Valery Fadeev, head of the HRC, in the Panorama news.

Reality, April 21, 2022

Members of the State Duma commission to investigate the facts of interference of foreign states in the internal affairs of Russia presented a draft law "On control over the activities of persons under foreign influence." In fact, it clarified that a foreign agent can now also be recognized as “a person who has received support and (or) is under foreign influence in other forms,” not only financial. On July 14, the law was signed by Vladimir Putin.

Release of "Moskvich" at the Renault plant

Panorama, April 8, 2022

In Moscow, at the former Renault plant, was assembled the first Moskvich car in 20 years . “At the end of March 2022, the French side illegally stopped production and deactivated equipment, effectively making it impossible to produce foreign cars,” the news stated. The “new director” of the plant, Albert Manukyan, was positive: “We can make cars no worse than foreign cars and even better: so that all these Cadillacs, Saabs, DeLoreans envy us. We can turn any Maybach into a belt if there is funding and understanding.”

Reality, May 16, 2022

In the blog of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, an article appeared “On the prospects of the Moscow Renault plant”, which said that after the departure of the French company, the plant would be taken to the balance of the city and “the production of cars under the historical Moskvich brand would be resumed” . On June 3, the plant was officially renamed. According to Vedomosti , localized Chinese cars will be assembled under this brand.

Application with denunciations

Panorama, December 1, 2019

“The application “My denunciation” will become available in the smartphones of Russians from January 1, 2020.” “The application, according to the developers, will be multifunctional and will allow not only to write a new message to the authorities, but also to check the fate of a previously written denunciation by the track number, by analogy with postal parcels. <...> To install the program on the phone, it will be possible to download it on the website of the State Service.

Reality, February 9, 2021

Roskomnadzor issued a press release on the development of the RKN application. Its goal is “expedited filing of citizens’ complaints about prohibited information.” The authors of the publication proudly noted: “The service is accessed through the Unified Identification and Authentication System (State Services Portal) and does not require additional registration.” In fact, the only difference from the Panorama news is in the development department - Roskomnadzor instead of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Starlink malfunctions in Ukraine

Panorama, October 3, 2022

“On the territory of Ukraine, for unknown reasons, the Internet from the American provider Starlink stopped working .” It was clarified that this happened after a Ukrainian user on Twitter suggested that Elon Musk “shove his starlink up his ass.” The Panorama news played on Elon Musk's proposals for a peaceful settlement of the conflict, which suddenly coincided with the Russian position on ending the war.

Reality, October 7, 2022

The Financial Times reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are facing numerous disruptions to Starlink in Kherson and Zaporizhia regions (and to a lesser extent in Donetsk, Luhansk and eastern Kharkiv). An unnamed senior Ukrainian official said this was leading to a "catastrophic loss of communication." Musk did not respond to a request for comment, stating on Twitter that "what happens on the battlefield is classified." The difficulties in Starlink's work could be caused by SpaceX trying to prevent the use of Starlink by "Russian occupying forces," said Roman Sinitsyn, coordinator of the Sergei Prytula Foundation, which transfers these systems to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

On October 14, CNN reported that back in September, SpaceX representatives sent a letter to the Pentagon stating that they could no longer fund the use of Starlink terminals in Ukraine. Although this letter was sent before Ukrainian diplomat Andriy Melnik rudely reacted to Musk's plan for a peaceful settlement of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, he sneered on his Twitter that he was "just following his recommendation."

On October 15, Musk changed his mind and announced that Starlink would continue to operate in Ukraine for free.

Forced contracts with the state

Panorama, June 30, 2022

"The state will be able to conclude contracts with citizens unilaterally." “The State Duma is preparing a revolutionary law that will save individuals and legal entities from many hours of paperwork - from now on, the state will be able to conclude contracts with them on its own initiative and without their participation,” the note said. - As planned, citizens will receive information about concluded contracts through the State Services, or by mail, or during a personal visit of an authorized person. You don't need to sign, it will be done automatically.

Reality, July 14, 2022

Vladimir Putin signed the law "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation." According to it, in order to ensure “conducting counter-terrorism and other operations outside Russia,” the government will be able to introduce special economic measures. If the government introduces such measures, "legal entities, regardless of their organizational and legal form and form of ownership, have no right to refuse to conclude ... contracts, government contracts for the supply of goods, performance of work, provision of services."

The authors of "Panorama" commented on the adoption of the decree on Twitter: "The period for the implementation of our news, usually equal to 1-2 years, in difficult times can be reduced to several months or even weeks."

Proposal to ban nationality of offenders

Panorama, October 14, 2021

“State Duma deputies Arslanbekov, Uldashev and Akhvlediani introduced a law banning the nationality of persons who committed a crime” (this news appeared on Panorama’s twitter).

Reality, November 6, 2021

State Duma deputy from United Russia Sultan Khamzaev said that he "will seek the adoption of a law banning the nationality, race and religion of suspects and convicts from being indicated in the media." Soon the bill was submitted for consideration by the Chechen parliament, but did not receive wide support.

Prison trade union from Navalny

Panorama, March 3, 2021

"Alliance of Prisoners": "Alexey Navalny announced the creation of a new trade union." This news came out a month after Navalny was first sentenced to a real term. The note also talked about “the tasks of the new public organization: defending the rights and interests of prisoners, preparing and monitoring procedures related to the early release of members of this trade union, the struggle to increase earnings, and much more.”

Reality, August 11, 2022

Alexei Navalny announced the creation of the "Industrial Zone" - "a trade union of prisoners and jailers." He explained it this way: “I am a colony worker. Seamstress. And other prisoners are also workers. And the guards are also employees of the colony. In terms of labor rights, we are no different. We can form a union to protect our rights.” With the help of the Industrial Zone, the politician was able to achieve the replacement of stools for workers with chairs with backs