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The penalty for those convicted of economic crimes businessmen may be “multiple” times in fines or even dozens of times greater than the size of the damage, according to Interfax. Proposal to introduce such penalties upheld today by the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who as president of Russia has made the introduction of penalties for those caught in bribery of officials.
«should probably consider the idea of multiple fines as punishment for economic crimes for entrepreneurs, “- said Medvedev, commenting on one of the participants in the investment forum in Sochi.
The Prime Minister noted that collect multi-million dollar fines can not always convicted simply does not pay, citing a lack of money . “But I think that the business is able to pay for itself,” – concluded Medvedev.
In 2011, the Russian Criminal Code was amended in accordance with that as the main punishment for bribe-takers was possible to assign large fines 20-100 times greater than the size of the received and transmitted bribes. “The step-up factor” is growing simultaneously with the gravity of the crime and is also affected by the size of the bribe. For example, a bribe in a large scale – is the sum of more than 150 thousand. Rubles., And bribery on a large scale – more than 1 million rubles. Thus, the penalty for accepting a bribe of 2 million rubles. may amount to 200 million rubles.
Penalty for mediation in bribery under applicable law may vary from twenty-five thousand to 500 million rubles.
The summer of 2012, the Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court decided that the new order should be extended to those who got on a bribe given or received before the new law came into force.
In the spring of 2014 General Prosecutor’s Office has prepared a draft law, according to which the courts have offered it impossible to punish large bribes alone multiple fines. Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika said that the amendments to the Criminal Code should be made to “eliminate the possibility to pay off serious crime, for example of corruption, and not to be responsible for it after paying a fine».
prompted prosecutors to develop such a document, according to the interlocutor RBC PGO, the sad statistics on fines corruption. “Only 1-2% of the amounts awarded by the courts, have been reported in the budget, the remaining balance hung in enforcement proceedings bailiffs. Voluntarily agreed to pay fines awarded to only one in ten convicted corrupt “- said an employee of the Prosecutor General.
Eugene Kalyuk
September 19, 2014
RBC
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