Parliament proposed to return the article on sabotage to the Criminal Code
The National Anti-Corruption Committee proposed to return to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation the article “Sabotage” that existed in Soviet times
The National Anti-Corruption Committee (a public organization established in 1999) came up with a proposal to return to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation the article “Sabotage” that existed in Soviet times.
A letter in which the Parliament is invited to consider the possibility of returning the article on sabotage, the head of the National Anti-Corruption Committee sent to the Chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building of the Federation Council Andrei Klishas.
As noted in the letter, at present the Criminal Code does not contain “the concept of harm and material damage that is difficult to determine in relation to defense capability, national and economic security.”
In this regard, according to the National Anti-Corruption Committee, in the absence of direct material damage, persons whose actions or inaction contributed to a decrease in the country’s defense capability, had a negative impact on domestic industrial and financial markets, and also led to a disruption state order.
The head of the National Anti-Corruption Committee invited the members of the Federation Council to discuss the possibility of returning the article “Sabotage” to the Criminal Code “taking into account modern realities and the legislation of the Russian Federation.”
Commenting on the initiative in question, Andrei Klishas noted that it at least deserves serious attention.
The article “Sabotage” as a separate offense of sabotage appeared in the Criminal Code of the USSR in 1960. This act was classified as a particularly dangerous state crime.
