MOSCOW, may 10. /TASS/. the Ministry of internal Affairs of the Russian Federation refused idea to tighten administrative responsibility under article of the administrative code of the Russian Federation “the Beating”, which including qualified domestic violence. About TASS reported in the press center Ministry of internal Affairs in response to the request of the Agency. The Ministry reminded that earlier the Ministry of justice has studied the question on toughening of punishment it was proposed to designate a fine of administrative detention.
“These changes inadvisable, as seen disproportionate administrative responsibility and criminal”, — said the interior Ministry.
Article 6.1.1 (“Beating”) of the RF Code on administrative offences provides for a fine in the amount from 5 thousand to 30 thousand rubles or administrative arrest for up to 15 days, or compulsory work for a period of up to 120 hours. At the same time, article 116.1 (“beating by a person subjected to administrative punishment”) Criminal code of the Russian Federation among other ways of punishment envisages a fine in the amount up to 40 thousand rubles.
In this case, the interior Ministry said justified the decriminalization of beatings. “The transfer of the majority of criminal assault to the category of administrative offences has highlighted a significant number of latent deeds and positive impact on the prevention of grave and especially grave crimes on household soil” — said the Ministry.
in addition, the categorization of a beating among the acts for which liability is incurred without consideration of the “wishes” of the victim, helped to ensure the inevitability of punishment, said the interior Ministry.
Previously to the publication RBK reported that the deputies of the state Duma Oksana Pushkina, Irina Rodnina and Olga Savastianova that developed the draft law against domestic violence, addressed to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova to expedite the adoption of the document. In the appeal, the deputies have noted a significant increase in the number of complaints of domestic violence after the introduction of the regime of self-isolation due coronavirus. Golikova was assigned to five ministries, including the interior Ministry and the justice Ministry, as well as Rospechat jointly consider directed her Deputy’s appeal on the issue of domestic violence.
In 2017, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed the law on decriminalization of the battery. Document moved the battery against close relatives from the category of criminal offences to administrative offences in cases where such offense was committed for the first time.
the criminal offence of assault qualify if they applied again, and if it is established that the wrongful act was committed out of hooligan motives or for motives of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred Il�� enmity.
