As the correspondent “RG” the official representative of the investigative Department Svetlana Petrenko, the case was brought on the fact of distribution of false information about coronavirus infection. This article 207.1 of the Criminal code of Russian Federation – “public dissemination of false information about circumstances that threaten the life and safety of citizens.”
SK investigating the publication of the fake about the flight of doctors from the hospital in Ufa
“it was Established that one of the users of the social network Twitter posted a video in which he said, the coronavirus COVID-19 was established at the state research center “Vector”, and then by the explosion deliberately circulated on the territory of Russia and China.
Thus, the person is publicly disseminated under the guise of reliable reports false information about circumstances that threaten the life and safety of citizens”, – explained the representative of the TFR.
Fake posted by one of the users of Twitter
As explained correspondent “RG” in the Investigative Committee, earlier in social networks was disseminated, which States that the leadership of the Republican clinical hospital of the city of Ufa, through the window, left the building of the medical institution because of coronavirus confirmed in several patients. Published materials are accompanied by video. In fact, this information is not true and was officially denied by the hospital management.