State Duma committee approves bill on life sentence for sabotage

The State Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation supported a bill that proposes to supplement the Criminal Code with new elements of crimes for promoting subversive activities. The decision was made at a committee meeting today, December 12, TASS reports.

Law Project made December 8th. It was prepared by a group of deputies, including State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin. They propose to supplement the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with articles 281.1 (“Assistance to sabotage activities”), 281.2 (“Training for the purpose of carrying out sabotage activities”) and 281.3 (“Organization of a sabotage community and participation in it”). The creation of a subversive community will be punished with a life sentence. According to the current Art. 281 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the maximum term is provided for the commission of sabotage, which resulted in the deliberate infliction of death to a person.

Laura Keffer