The St. George ribbon is assigned the status of a symbol of Russia's military glory. On December 14, 2022, the State Duma adopted in the second reading a draft law on clarifying the legal status of the St. George Ribbon, and on December 20 approved it in the third reading. This bill was introduced in April by senators Andrei Turchak and deputy Olga Zanko. In September, the Duma adopted it in the first reading. According to the adopted text of the bill, the St.

Articles on assistance and training in sabotage activities are being introduced into the Criminal Code. On December 14, 2022, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill that introduces criminal liability for new sabotage crimes. It was submitted to the lower house of parliament on 8 December.

The reason for bringing to responsibility under Art. 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses was served by a post made in 2021. In December 2022, we learned that on September 13, the Kominternovsky District Court of Voronezh fined Fyodor Mikheev 10,000 rubles under Art. 20.3.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (incitement of hatred or hostility, as well as humiliation of human dignity on the basis of belonging to a social group).