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Mihhail Salenkov

New Russian law criminalises searching for online content deemed 'extremist'

Russian lawmakers voted Tuesday on legislation criminalising "searching for extremist content online", marking the first time Moscow will hit internet users for consuming rather than distributing materials deemed as banned in further crackdown on dissent.

The law targets internet users who knowingly search for content from the Russian extremist register, which contains 5,473 entries and is maintained by the Ministry of Justice.

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