Russia seeks to list maps challenging its 'territorial integrity' as 'extremist'

By Burc Eruygur

ISTANBUL (AA) - Russia's government gave its support to a bill classifying maps "challenging the country's territorial integrity" as "extremist materials," according to local media.

State news agency TASS reported on Sunday that the bill amending the law on "counteracting extremist activity," proposes to list "cartography and other documents and images that dispute the territorial integrity of Russia" as "extremist materials."

"The Government of the Russian Federation supports the draft law, subject to its finalization, taking into account the comments made," the government said in a statement, according to the report.​​​​​​​