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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jabed Ahmed

Russians could face jail for divulging movements of sanctioned goods into the country

St Basil’s Cathedral, in Moscow’s Red Square (Ian Nicholson/PA) - (PA Archive)

A Russian draft law has proposed seven years imprisonment for publically disclosing information about the import of goods into Russia banned under global sanctions over Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Russia continues to rely on many high-tech products made in the West, such as microchips, which are prohibited from being exported to Russia. Many Russian industrial businesses, especially those in the defence industry, depend on these products to remain in business.

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