Overview
- Lipetsk region approved administrative fines for publishing images and details of drone attacks, setting penalties for first and repeat offenses that range from 1,000–5,000 rubles for individuals, 20,000–50,000 for officials, and 50,000–200,000 for companies.
- Orenburg lawmakers backed prosecutors’ proposals to penalize filming and sharing of drone incidents, setting fines at 3,000–5,000 rubles for citizens, 30,000–50,000 for officials, and 300,000–1,000,000 for legal entities.
- Udmurtia amended its administrative code to impose fines of 3,000–4,000 rubles for individuals, 30,000–40,000 for officials, and 100,000–200,000 for organizations over distribution of drone-related photos and videos.
- Regional rules typically prohibit photographing or publishing information on drone strikes, air-defense activity, military deployments, and critical energy infrastructure, exemplified by an Orenburg order issued on July 29.
- Similar restrictions and penalties are now reported in more than 30 regions, including Ulyanovsk, Astrakhan, Penza, Samara, Chuvashia, Bashkortostan, and Tatarstan, as legal experts warn of risks to access to information and public transparency.