The President of the Russian Federation supports the proposal to ban references to the ethnicity of criminals in the media
On December 13, 2012, during a meeting between the president and the Council of Legislators, the speaker of the Moscow City Duma Vladimir Platonov spoke, who asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to support the initiative to legally ban mention in the media of the belonging of detainees, arrested, convicts, victims of a particular nationality or religion. For violation The bill provides for sanctions up to the closure of the media.