This is reported by TASS with reference to a yet to be published document.

The draft law, submitted to the State Duma after the annexation of four oblasts of Ukraine announced by the Russian authorities last fall, has already passed the first reading.

As stated in the explanatory note to the bill, "maps and other images disputing the territorial integrity of Crimea, the Kuril Islands, and other Russian territories have been actively distributed recently."

The draft law proposes to prohibit the distribution of such maps and information for its administrative punishment - for citizens up to 15 days of arrest or a fine, for legal entities - suspension of work or a fine from 100 thousand to one million Russian rubles.

Japan disputes the ownership of the four southern Kuril Islands by Russia;

the dispute has not been settled since the end of World War II.

Although the USSR expressed readiness to return at least two islands to Japan, the Russian authorities declare that they are not ready for any compromises.

In 2014, Russia annexed the Ukrainian Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.

The annexation was not recognized by the vast majority of the world's countries.

In 2022, after capturing part of the Ukrainian territory, Russia announced the annexation of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine.

None of these areas is fully controlled by the Russian army.

The borders, which Russia now considers its own (and which should be displayed on maps so that they are not recognized as extremist), are not completely clear.

It follows from most of the statements of the officials that we are talking about the administrative boundaries of the regions.