The Duma introduced amendments to the Criminal Code on mercenarism, cooperation with foreigners and calls for activities “directed against the security of the state”
Deputies are preparing a new tightening of criminal legislation. On May 25, 2022, deputies Vasily Piskarev, Ernest Valeev, Andrey Kartapolov, Andrey Krasov and Anatoly Vyborny submitted to the State Duma a new bill to amend the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes. It provides for changes in legislation in the field of state security. The deputies proposed the following amendments to the Criminal Code: Art.