Claim

Claim 74

The law was signed into force.

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

Statement: The law was signed into force.
Field: occurred_on
Value: 2026-08-04
About: incident 2026-russia-new-law-targets-exiled-journalists-assets
Source: Russia: new law expands Kremlin's legal persecution of exiled journalists
Publisher: Reporters Without Borders
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2026-07-29

Quotation from the source

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the law into law on August 4, 2026. It entered into force the same day.