Russians who slam their nation after fleeing abroad ought to have their staying home taken, legislators proposed Friday in an obvious effort to increase pressure on exiled anti-war Russians.Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the lower-house State Duma, said rascals who have actually left the country can still deal with criminal prosecution for insulting Russia, its inhabitants, soldiers and officers.

The rascals who left live easily thanks to our nation.

While abroad, they rent out property and continue to get royalties at the expense of Russian residents, Volodin wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

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At the very same time, they allow themselves to pour dirt on Russia in public and insult our soldiers and officers.

According to Russian law, such statements can be viewed as calls for extremism, rehab of Nazism or discrediting the Armed Forces, he wrote.Volodin stated changing Russias Criminal Code with a clause on home confiscation would be the correct punishment for banished anti-war Russians found guilty of these offenses.His idea received support from Andrei Klishas, chairman of the upper-house Federation Councils constitutional committee.

This approach is possible, however there requires to be the solution of a criminal offense [and] an amendment to the Criminal Code, he told the state-run TASS news agency.It was not instantly clear if or when Volodins proposition to confiscate emigre Russians homes would be considered in the State Duma, which goes back to work next week.The Kremlin warned versus opening any Pandoras boxes by confiscating the home of Russians who have went abroad.

We need to make sure that those who left and are not opponents of Russia wish to return, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov informed reporters.Hundreds of thousands of Russians have actually fled abroad because Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine last February, including those facing prosecution for anti-war acts.Earlier today, Russian lawmaker Yevgeny Popov proposed canceling the passports of dissenting Russians who fled abroad.