May 2010: Russian sailors take selfies in the naval base at Sevastopol, Crimea
BBC: Russian soldiers face ban on selfies and blog posts
The Russian defence ministry has drafted a law to ban social media posts by professional soldiers and other military personnel on security grounds.
The bill says photos, videos and other material uploaded to the internet can reveal military details useful to an enemy. Automatic geolocation can show where a military unit is deployed.
The bill affects "contract" soldiers, who can be sent abroad, not conscripts.
Russian soldiers' posts have revealed forces deployed to Ukraine and Syria.
For example, in July 2014 the BBC's Myroslava Petsa tweeted an image of a post by a Russian soldier who proudly reported delivering Grad rockets to the pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine.
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WNU Editor: I am surprised that they have not restricted this use already.
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