Anonymous news channels on social networks have become an intimidating weapon and instrument of aggressive influence on Russia, said Yevgeny Poddubny, one of the top five on the United Russia federal list of candidates for the State Duma elections, military correspondent, Deputy General Director of VGTRK and Hero of Russia. Because there are a lot of anonymous channels, a lot of channels whose authorship cannot be verified. Poddubny said that in traditional media, correspondents are personally responsible for each published material. "Personal responsibility can be different, ranging from reputational to criminal. This is personal responsibility at various levels," he said.