Deputies proposed to punish for “assistance in the execution of decisions” of the court in The Hague and other international authorities

The State Building Committee supported the bill on criminal liability “for assistance in the execution of decisions of international organizations” that do not include Russia. This was reported on the State Duma website.

In particular, the authors of the amendments propose to punish for assistance in the criminal prosecution of officials, military personnel and volunteers. According to the bill , which was recommended for consideration in the second reading, the Criminal Code will be supplemented with Article 284.3. Sanctions under it will include a fine in the amount of 300 thousand to 1 million rubles or imprisonment for up to 5 years.

“This will allow us to protect the country from illegal and unfriendly actions towards Russia by various international organizations, the legitimacy of which our country does not recognize,” said Chairman of the State Construction Committee Pavel Krasheninnikov.

The co-author of the amendments “on the protection of Russian citizens in the event that foreign or international bodies make decisions that contradict Russian legislation” was State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin. part in the development of the initiative . took Vice Speaker of the State Duma Irina Yarovaya, Chairman of the Security Committee Vasily Piskarev and Chairman of the Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov

On March 17, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Putin and the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Russia, Maria Lvova-Belova. According to the court, they are both responsible for the illegal movement and deportation of children from Ukraine and the occupied territories during the war. After this, the Russian authorities repeatedly emphasized that they did not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC, and Volodin proposed introducing liability for facilitating its decisions.

In January, Putin submitted to the State Duma a bill to terminate 21 international treaties of the Council of Europe in relation to Russia. They will be considered denounced from March 16, 2022, when Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe due to its invasion of Ukraine.