Prosecution for discrediting the use of Russian military forces and calls for sanctions
The SOVA Center will include in its monitoring cases of persecution under Art. 20.3.3 and 20.3.4 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and relevant criminal articles. On March 4, 2022, laws on amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO) and the Criminal Code (CC) were signed regarding calls for sanctions, the spread of fakes about the Russian armed forces, their discrediting and calls to obstruct the use of the armed forces. In particular, liability was introduced under Art.