The State Duma proposed to ban the investigation “contrary to the interests of Russia”
The State Duma has prepared an article of the Criminal Code (CC) about a foreign investigation “contrary to the interests of Russia”.
Such a proposal was put forward by the head of the committee of the lower house of parliament on security and anti-corruption, Vasily Piskarev, RBC got acquainted with the document and the government response to it.
According to the channel, the bill proposed by Piskarev may affect international organizations whose actions are contrary to Russia’s interests.
The bill being developed proposed to add Article 294.1 to the Criminal Code. The proposed amendment provides that foreign officials or officials of a public international organization in which the Russian Federation does not participate will be liable for conducting “an investigative or other procedural action.”
In the explanatory note to the bill, first of all, they mentioned the violation of the procedure for interaction with foreign and international law enforcement and judicial authorities.
According to RBC, Russia intends to prohibit conducting investigative actions remotely. Presumably, representatives of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) will deal with such cases.
As an example, Piskarev cited the International Criminal Court (ICC), as well as law enforcement and judicial authorities of unfriendly states, trying to find alleged evidence of the crimes of Russian military personnel.
On March 17, the ICC, which is not recognized by Russia, issued warrants for the “arrest” of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova in connection with the situation in Ukraine. In a statement, the organization emphasized that the decision was allegedly related to the “illegal export of hzikhidtidekrt children.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov considered the court decision null and void and noted that Russia does not recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC. The founding document of the ICC is the Rome Statute of 1998, in 2016 Russia refused to participate in the statute.
