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Vasily Piskaryov | |
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Василий Пискарёв | |
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| Member of theState Duma | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| Deputy head of the Investigative Committee | |
| In office 13 March 2012 – 5 October 2016 | |
| Head | Alexander Bastrykin |
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| Born | (1963-11-08)November 8, 1963 (age 62) |
| Party | United Russia |
| Alma mater | Sverdlovsk Law Institute |
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| Military service | |
| Rank | State Councillor of Justice, 1st class |
Vasily Ivanovich Piskaryov (Russian:Василий Иванович Пискарёв) is a deputy for theUnited Russia party in the7th State Duma of the Russian Federation.[1] He is the head of the committee on Safety and Anti-Corruption.[2][3]
On February 28, 2022, duringRussia's invasion of Ukraine, Pisharyov introduced a bill in his committee that would criminalize the distribution of "fake" news or information about the war, with punishments of up to 15 years in prison.[4] Determination of whether the information was "fake" is left to the Russian government. The bill was widely criticized as a ploy to silence independent journalism in the country.[5][6][4] The bill passed the Duma and was signed into law on March 4 by Russian presidentVladimir Putin, prompting dozens of news organizations, both in and out of Russia, to stop publishing news about the war.[5]
He was sanctioned by theUK government in 2022 in relation to theRusso-Ukrainian War.[7]
