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Russia backs banning of maps disputing official 'territorial integrity'

FILE PHOTO: A map is seen on a wall inside a school that was bombed in Kramatorsk, as the evacuation of the city residents is almost complete, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 25, 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Russia's government extended support to a legislative amendment that would classify maps that dispute the country's official "territorial integrity" as punishable extremist materials, the state-owned TASS news agency reported on Sunday.

The amendment to Russia's anti-extremism legislation stipulates that "cartographic and other documents and images that dispute the territorial integrity of Russia" will be classified as extremist materials, the agency reported.

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