One of the favorite occupations of some opposition representatives is squandering state land.
Here, yes, the very thing that has already become a classic: “What, what?
Kemsky volost?
Yes, let them take away to health, I thought, Lord! "
Fortunately, such generosity is only declared in words and on social networks.
However, even such an encroachment on the country's territorial integrity will now be punishable.
“Any calls to separate the region or part of it from Russia are unacceptable and must be strictly suppressed.
If the call to alienate the territories of the Russian Federation sounded for the first time, then the responsibility will be administrative, you will have to pay a substantial fine.
If the offense is repeated, then the responsibility will become criminal - up to four years in prison.
If the appeals are followed by actions, then the punishment can be up to ten years in prison, "- this is how the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin commented yesterday on the adopted amendments introducing responsibility for actions aimed at alienating part of the territory of the Russian Federation, and for calls for such actions. ...
Of course, these amendments are necessary and important.
Because those who want to "return" Ukraine - Crimea, Japan - Kuril Islands, Germany - Kaliningrad and generally squander the country to please everyone to pinch off a piece of territory, unfortunately, are enough.
However, the fact that the ideal "Russia of the future" in the dreams of many of our Western "partners" ends outside the Moscow Ring Road has long been a secret of the Punchinelles.
That is why all these "governments in exile" are sponsored, which have long been promoting separatist ideas.
Of course, it will be difficult to fine or bring to criminal responsibility the “rulers in exile” who have fled around the world.
But their supporters, followers and simply “sympathizers” who are in Russia will now moderate their ardor and become much more careful in their statements and more modest in their desires.
It is important.
Especially now.
When from every western iron one can hear hints of a revision of the results of the Second World War, and also demonstrates an incessant desire to create hotbeds of instability on the territory of Russia.
Numerous foreign agents acting under the guise of educational and other humanitarian organizations are trying by all available means to stir up separatist sentiments in some regions of Russia.
Just for clarity - a small example.
Vil Mirzayanov, who calls himself one of the “developers” of “Novice”, has been living in the United States since 1995, and since 2008, in all seriousness, considers himself “the president of Tatarstan in exile” and regularly addresses the world community.
Moreover, these ideas are actively discussed both at the well-known opposition forums and ... in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
There are a dime a dozen of those insane, whose hands they dream of tearing apart and destroying Russia.
And it is precisely on them that the adopted amendments are oriented.
Of course, as soon as the first precedent of their application appears in practice, we will face a flurry of accusations of "persecution and repression" with reference to the notorious "freedom of speech."
But you shouldn't pay attention to this.
Moreover, when they try to nod to the Crimea, do not hesitate to remind you that in 2014 historical justice was restored and Russia did not take, but returned Crimea and the Crimeans to their native harbor, from which they were illegally taken away without their consent in the distant already 1954.
Therefore, all references to the example of the peninsula are nothing more than speculation.
Moreover, it is very primitive.
So all those Russian citizens who earn cheap popularity with the slogans “When we come to power, we will return the Crimea to Ukraine” will now have to think carefully before voicing the slogans that have already set their teeth on edge.
We don't want an inch of someone else's land
But we will not give up our inch either.
These are the words from the march of Soviet tank crews, which later became one of the most important during the Great Patriotic War.
They are still relevant now.
And it is precisely in order that even one inch of native land is not alienated even in words, and amendments were adopted by the State Duma, which are designed to protect the country from any encroachments on its territorial integrity, not only in the present, but also in the future, when to resist attempts to split Russia into appanage principalities and set them off against each other will no longer be us, but our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The author's point of view may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.