Claim 686

CPJ's assessment of the legislation's intent.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: CPJ's assessment of the legislation's intent.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: CPJ says the law is aimed at self-censorship
About: incident 2019-russia-fake-news-disrespect-law
Source: Russia advances legislation on 'fake news' and 'disrespecting authorities'
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2019-03-07

Quotation from the source

We are extremely troubled by the legislation that cleared Russia's State Duma today, which is clearly aimed at tightening state control over independent media and intimidating journalists into self-censorship,