Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation: Termination of a criminal case due to limitation does not exempt from compensation for damages

The Constitutional Court (CC) of Russia clarified that the termination of a criminal case due to the expiration of its terms does not release from the obligation to compensate for the damage caused. The definition of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation leads RAPSI.

“The obligation to compensate for the harm caused is primarily a measure of civil liability applied to the tortfeasor in the presence of an offence, including, as a rule, the occurrence of harm, the unlawfulness of the behavior of the tortfeasor, the causal relationship between the unlawful behavior of the tortfeasor and the onset of harm, as well as his guilt “, the court said.

The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation provided clarifications after the refusal to consider the complaint of the general director of the Novy Gorod construction company, Andrey Bulin. Earlier, the courts ordered Mr. Bulin to compensate for the damage caused by his company to the municipality – the city of Borovichi, Novgorod Region.

According to the investigation, in order to reduce the cost of building an apartment building in the city, the company’s builders used materials with unacceptable fire-technical characteristics. The ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation states that the circumstances were established on the basis of the criminal case against Andrey Bulin, the proceedings on which were terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

Milena Kostereva