The Saratov police instituted criminal proceedings against a student who published in a blog false information on pneumonic plague in the Saratov Region. Rumors about the plague and about authorities’ plans to spray disinfectant solution from helicopters caused panic in Saratov. Although officials denied the rumors, panic buying cleared stores of bottled water, and people locked themselves in their homes. The mobile communication system collapsed because of overload. The student has been charged with “knowingly disseminating false information related to an act of terrorism,” which may bring up to three years in prison.
http://medportal.ru/mednovosti/main/2009/12/03/plague/
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