Britain says bill sent to Russian parliament aims to 'silence those opposed to war'
The British secret services pointed out this Wednesday that a The invoice which is being debated in the Russian Parliament and which is considering this Seizure of financial assets from those who openly criticize the invasion of Ukrainetried to “silence those opposed to the war.”
So they recalled that the debate in the Duma, which took place on Monday, was about the possibility of approving a Law to “seize financial assets, including property” from critics of “special military operation”This is what Moscow calls the invasion that was unleashed in February 2022 on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In addition, they have recalled that the President Changes to the approved in July 2022Foreign Agents Act“widespread to suppress opponents of the regime“says a statement published by the British Ministry of Defense via its account on the social network X.
“According to OVID-Info, a human rights monitoring agency in Russia, In 2023, 218 people and organizations were designated as foreign agents” they highlighted while The Russian Justice Ministry put the number of appointees at 707 As of November 3, 2023.
“Among the 'foreign agents' Includes independent news media and human rights organizationsmany of whom were forced to operate outside Russia,” they claimed, before outlining that the new project along with the aforementioned law “attempts to curb criticism of the war”.