Russian dictator Vladimir Putin approved a major package of repressive laws on the penultimate working day of 2022, December 29. It is reported by The Moscow Times.

According to the publication, Putin sealed with his signature the laws adopted by the State Duma during the autumn session, which was marked by a record legislative fertility..

So, Putin's new laws:.

introduced 5-year prison sentences and fines of 5 million rubles for desecration of St. George ribbons;

introduced punishment up to life imprisonment for organizing sabotage, their financing and propaganda;

obligated taxi services to transfer travel data to the FSB;

introduced a 2-year prison term for two-time violations of the law on foreign agents;

allowed private security to shoot down drones;

allowed not to declare income to the security forces participating in the war, and officials and the occupied regions of Ukraine;

introduced a quota of 10% in universities for children of the military and "

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During the autumn session, the State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted more than 600 laws - that is a record legislative fruitfulness in the entire modern history of the country.

Recall that the Russian government is trying to close down the Moscow Helsinki Group, one of the oldest human rights organizations in the country..