The President of Russia signed a law on the partial decriminalization of Article 282 of the Criminal Code

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on partial decriminalization of the criminal article on inciting hatred and enmity (Part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code). About this in legal information According to the bill, criminal punishment for illegal actions provided for in the first part of Article 282 of the Criminal Code will occur only if the violation is committed more than once in a year. The punishment for the first violation under the first part of this article has been replaced by an administrative one. Individuals can be fined from 10 to 20 thousand rubles, or arrested for up to 15 days, or ordered to perform 100 hours of compulsory work. For legal entities, a fine of 50 to 500 thousand rubles is provided.

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• After Putin signed the law, the Investigative Committee for the first time brought criminal charges for reposting pictures on VKontakte. It was initiated against Tver resident Sergei Sokolov. stopped due to - President Vladimir Putin introduced a bill to the State Duma to mitigate the punishment under the first part of Article 282 in October 2018. The State Duma will draft a bill in mid-December. approved