Russian bill would bar speech that injures the ‘honor and dignity’ of the Russian president

Izvestiya reports that member of parliament Roman Khudiakov is proposing a bill for the “protection of the honor and dignity of the President of the Russian Federation,” modeled on the 1990 Soviet law for the “protection of the honor and dignity of the President of the USSR.” The bill, Khudiakov says, was prompted by his […]