{
  "id": 2239469,
  "title": "Russia already fines people who ignore a governor’s orders — but only in regions under martial law. A new bill would make that punishable nationwide, even in peacetime.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/russia-already-fines-people-who-ignore-a-governors-orders-but-only-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T21:55:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/21/russia-already-fines-people-who-ignore-a-governor-s-orders-but-only-in-regions-under-martial-law-a-new-bill-would-make-that-punishable-nationwide-even-in-peacetime"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Russian government has submitted a bill to the State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, that would impose fines for failure to comply with decisions by regional heads and regional task forces.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}