Residents Forced to Apologize for Filming Drone Attacks
Apologies on camera and fines: the hunt for drone operators in the Volga region. As Volga regions are almost daily attacked by drones, authorities and security forces are attempting to establish a total monopoly on information.
Consensus
- Authorities in Chuvashia, Tatarstan, Bakshkortostan, and Orenburg Oblasts are targeting residents who film drone attacks.
- Residents are being forced to make public apologies on camera.
- Residents are being fined for filming drone attacks.
- Authorities are threatening criminal charges for 'state treason'.
- Legal experts and human rights advocates claim regional restrictions on filming violate the Russian Constitution.
- The stated goal of authorities is not military secrecy but concealing actual damage from drone attacks.
Coverage (2 sources)
- Apologies on camera and fines: hunting for drone footage authors in the Volga region — Радио Свобода
- Apologies on camera and fines: hunting for drone footage authors in the Volga region — Idel.Реалии