A bill banning “diminution of the authority” of the Russian Empire and the USSR has been introduced into the Duma
On March 25, 2014, MP Oleg Mikheev submitted a draft law to the State Duma providing for administrative responsibility for the dissemination of information "which detracts from the merits of those who died defending the Fatherland, the authority of the Russian Empire, the USSR, the Russian Federation, and their armed forces." On March 25, 2014, Oleg Mikheev, a member of the A Just Russia faction, submitted to the State Duma draft law No. The document proposes an amendment to Art.