Amendments and additions to the criminal code 1996 of the Russian Federation Cover Image

Изменения и дополнения УК РФ 1996 года
Amendments and additions to the criminal code 1996 of the Russian Federation

Author(s): Sergey V. Zemlyukov
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Пловдивски университет »Паисий Хилендарски«
Keywords: Criminal Code of the Russian Federation; delinquency; Prevention; Criminal; Changes
Summary/Abstract: The explanation analyzes and evaluates the changes and additions to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of 1996, which entered into force on January 1, 1997. From 1997 to December 31, 2004, that is, for 8 years, 38 federal laws on amendments and supplements to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation were adopted. There are 500 changes and additions to specific norms, both in the general and in the special parts of the Criminal Code. Some of the acts have been criminalized and decriminalized, and the system of sanctions in the special part of the Criminal Code has been changed. This analysis is useful from the point of view of understanding the logic of the changes made and the forecast for the future.