The State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation recommended that the Parliamentary Assembly adopt in the second reading a bill on the indexation of large and especially large amounts of damage for a number of economic crimes. This was reported by TASS.
The document was presented by MPs of the New People group in April 2023 and was accepted at the first reading in May. It was requested to increase the amount of compensation included in some articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Irina Pankina, quoted “Parliamentary newspaper”, explained that the bill aims to humanize criminal punishment in the field of economic activity. He explained that we are talking about the growth of large and especially large losses for a number of economic items, such as competition and a large block of tax items. The document proposes to increase the amount of damage in the 5th and 7th sections of Article 159 regarding “fraud”. If significant damage at the first reading in the current norm is 10 thousand rubles, now it is proposed to install at least 250 thousand for the second reading.
At the end of February the Russian government changes have been made For the second reading of the bill to amend the Criminal Code, which provides for a 25% increase in the thresholds for major and particularly major compensation for a number of tax items.
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