Constitutional Court: the case of Ildar Dadin is subject to review

The Constitutional Court decided that Ildar Dadin’s sentence for repeated violation of the rules of holding a rally (Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code) should be reviewed. This decision is due to the fact that at the time of consideration of Dadin’s criminal case, decisions on his administrative offenses had not yet entered into force, and criminal liability for violating the procedure for organizing rallies must be adequate to the social danger of the act.

In addition, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation proposed that legislators amend the article of the Criminal Code, which provides for liability for repeated violations of the rules for holding rallies and picketing. Interfax is about this.

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The meaning of the provisions of Article 212.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, revealed by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, is mandatory for law enforcement officials, the legislator was asked to make appropriate changes to the article,

constitutional and legal—says the court ruling, announced by its chairman Valery Zorkin on February 10.