“According to preliminary data, on March 26, 2020, a user posted a video on one of the video hosting sites containing inaccurate information about restrictive measures in the Moscow region and their means of support. According to the investigation, the actions of the video’s author were aimed at creating panic among residents of the capital, ”the Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Currently, the person who recorded and distributed the video is installing.
Earlier, the IC began checking after inaccurate information about the number of coronavirus infected appeared in the media in the Tyumen region.
On March 26, it was reported that a working group had appeared in the Investigative Committee to identify fakes about coronavirus on the Internet.
Pavel Krasheninnikov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on State Building and Law, said that the Criminal Code of Russia will be amended to punish fakes in connection with coronavirus.