TOP LEGAL EVENTS OF THE LAST WEEK

Fighting against the civil society in Russian Federation continues, with the legislator turning its attention to guarantees for the protection of executive power. In this way, it demonstrates its loyalty to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) employees, who are used as the tool for intimidating the population. The MIA authorities are promptly responding to any changes in the internal society’s ‘temperatures’, acting as an unconditional defender of the "authoritarian dictatorship." The constant pressure on the media, dispersal of peaceful demonstrations, arrests for single pickets, threats against opposition supporters - all this is the norm in modern Russia.

The State Duma has adopted a law that softens the punishment for police officers who commit crimes. The State Duma has excluded from the list of aggravating circumstances the fact that a MIA employee committed a crime. Deputies say this "emphasizes undeserved and unfair distrust" towards the police. The bill's authors also stated that the current Criminal Code norm "discriminates" against police officers.

"Mothers and Wives Council" has been added to the list of "foreign agents" The Ministry of Justice has added nine individuals and two organizations - the "All-People's Union for the Revival of Russia" and the public movement "Mothers and Wives Council" - to the registry of "foreign agents." It was caused by their speeches against the "Russian Popular Front" and negative statements about Russian authorities.

Russia will increase the fines for the employment of ‘draft evaders’ by 20 times Deputies proposed fining businesses for hiring "draft evaders." The State Duma is considering a draft amendment to the Administrative Offenses Code on fines for concluding an employment contract with a conscript or a person - subject to conscription for military service, who has not submitted military registration documents. It is proposed to punish individual entrepreneurs with fines of up to 10,000 rubles, officials – of up to 20,000 rubles, and legal entities – up to 100,000 rubles for this.

Russia has declared American Senator Lindsey Graham wanted A corresponding card has appeared in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs database of wanted persons. The reason for pursuing Graham in Russia was allegedly due to his words about the death of Russian people during the "special operation" in Ukraine.