Citizens urged to acknowledge their role in sharing details about crucial infrastructure and potential consequences of BPL attacks
In the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia, a ban has been enforced that prohibits the dissemination of information related to strategically important objects, military infrastructure, and the consequences of drone attacks. This ban, implemented by the regional operational headquarters, aims to protect these critical assets and prevent potential damage assessments to the Russian Armed Forces.
The ban applies to any written, visual, or audio content that may reveal the locations, relocation, or other sensitive details about the mentioned subjects. This includes data on the places of drone crashes or the consequences of debris impact in the region. Additionally, the ban extends to information about the use of weapons, air defense systems, electronic warfare, and other special means of destruction.
The regional government's website reported this ban, and non-compliance results in fines. For individuals, fines range from three thousand to five thousand rubles, for officials from ten thousand to thirty thousand rubles, and for legal entities from one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand rubles.
It is worth noting that while Russia has broad regulations on advertising and internet content, there are currently no publicly available specific advertising restrictions or fines directly related to strategic information and drone attacks specifically in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The recent laws in Russia focus more broadly on restricting mass advertising messages via mobile carriers, penalizing searches for extremist content including use of VPNs, and enhancing digital surveillance measures.
These laws include blocking advertising mass text-message mailings unless users opt in, with fines and penalties applying mainly to telecom operators and advertisers. Fines for intentionally searching for extremist content range from 3,000 to 5,000 rubles, with additional penalties for VPN usage and advertising of VPN services (up to hundreds of thousands of rubles). Increased digital surveillance with fines for unauthorized access to information resources is also in place, but these concern internet content access rather than advertising about drone attacks or strategic military information.
Thus, based on available data, the Russian Federation regulates advertising broadly through anti-spam laws and controls extremist content online with fines, but no unique or explicit advertising restrictions or fines for strategic information or drone attacks in the Nizhny Novgorod region are documented in the sources reviewed.
- The ban, implemented in the Nizhny Novgorod region, prohibits the dissemination of information not only about strategically important objects and military infrastructure, but also about the consequences of drone attacks, including data on drone crashes and debris impact.
- On their website, the regional government announced that violating this ban will result in fines for individuals, ranging from three thousand to five thousand rubles, officials from ten thousand to thirty thousand rubles, and for legal entities from one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand rubles.
