in his address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin asked the state Duma to support the idea of the Supreme court on the decriminalization of several articles of the Criminal code. He noted that the law must be harsh to those who have committed serious crimes, but “must be humane to those who have done something wrong.”
MOSCOW, Dec 14. The Supreme court of the Russian Federation submitted to the state Duma a draft law on decriminalization of several articles of the Criminal code, in particular, it is proposed to introduce administrative liability for assault, threat of murder or infliction of grievous bodily harm, malicious evasion from payment of means for the maintenance of children or disabled parents, use of falsified document, from the database of the lower house of Parliament.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin in the message to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation asked the Duma to support the idea of the Supreme court on the decriminalization of several articles of the Criminal code. The head of state noted that the law must be harsh to those who have committed serious crimes, including the threat to people’s lives, but “must be humane to those who have done something wrong.”
In the database of the state Duma the draft law has yet to be published.
According to the decree of the Plenum of the Supreme court of the Russian Federation of 31 July 2015, in connection with the decriminalization of acts, the responsibility for which is envisaged by part 1 of article 116 (beating), by part 1 of article 119 (threat of murder or infliction of grievous bodily harm), parts 1 and 2 of article 157 (malicious evasion from payment of means for the maintenance of children or disabled parents) and part 3 of article 327 (use of obviously false document) of the criminal code, it is proposed to Supplement the Code on administrative infringements with new articles 5.351, 6.11, 6.12 and 19.181, providing for administrative responsibility for these acts.
