Structure of the new Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation
The new Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation will consist of three sections: “General Part”, “Special Part” and “Subjects of Administrative Jurisdiction”. The general part, as in the previous version, will include fundamental rules of administrative law. The Special Part will include 36 chapters, classified according to the types of administrative offenses. The third part will determine the subjects entitled to conduct administrative proceedings.
The new Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation will not include rules directly regulating proceedings in cases of administrative offenses. According to the idea of legislators, they will be combined in the new Procedural Code of the Russian Federation on administrative offenses.
Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation with comments and changes for 2020-2021
The Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses is a regulatory document aimed at protecting human rights and freedoms as specified in the Constitution. This code also establishes general principles, a list of all offenses, bodies considering cases, the procedure for bringing to justice and the procedure for executing decisions in administrative cases.
Administrative offenses are observed in everyday life more often than other types of illegal actions. These include various committed offenses involving violation of public order. If we compare them with crimes of a criminal nature, then the former are subject to less severe sanctions and do not provide for punishment in the form of imprisonment. For each committed act specified in the Code of Administrative Offences, a certain responsibility is provided, it all depends on the type of crime.
This code came into force in mid-2002. Regulates administrative liability for violation of the legal framework, establishes the procedure for the proper execution of decisions on the imposition of punishment, considers the types and measures of coercion related to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. The main role in the code is given to explaining the protection of the interests of citizens. The main task of this legal document is to control the procedure for bringing citizens to administrative responsibility. The Code of Administrative Offenses regulates the liability of foreign citizens and officials.
The presented Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation includes articles with detailed scientific comments, which are given in the form of explanations from the decisions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Russia. The articles of the code are presented in the latest edition with current changes and amendments as of 2020-2021.
The provisions of the Code of Administrative Offenses are completely based on the principles of the Russian Constitution. This principle is to ensure legality in the execution of administrative offenses, the equality of all citizens before the legal framework. The code also provides for consideration of the presumption of innocence. Consists of five sections, which are divided into chapters and subsections.
Some chapters of the Code of Administrative Offenses deal with offenses in the information and trade spheres, and also regulate environmental offenses. In order to guarantee the protection of injured citizens, a procedural section has been developed in detail. Also, the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation discusses the correct procedure for providing legal assistance to a person who is brought to administrative responsibility.
Interests can be represented by a lawyer or any other person who legally provides legal assistance. Defending persons are allowed to participate in the case from the moment the proceedings in a particular proceeding begin. After familiarizing themselves with the case, they have the right to present evidence, file complaints against decisions and participate in the consideration of cases. The decision on an administrative offense can be appealed to higher courts.
What could change significantly?
The draft law affects many areas of administrative legislation. The most notable changes include the following:
- The deadline for assigning compulsory work has been reduced from 200 to 60 hours;
- the range of subjects to whom the above type of punishment cannot be assigned has been expanded;
- the general statute of limitations for bringing administrative liability has been increased to one year;
- the maximum and minimum values for the amounts of administrative fines have been removed;
- confiscation now applies not only to instruments and objects of an administrative offense, but also to small vessels and motor vehicles;
- administrative suspension of activities is now called “administrative prohibition of activities” and its period has been reduced from 60 to 30 days.
Attention! New Code of Administrative Offenses Published
The night before, the Ministry of Justice published a draft of the new Code of Administrative Offenses on the federal portal.
Regarding individual entrepreneurs, the new Code says the following:
Persons carrying out entrepreneurial activities without forming a legal entity, who have committed administrative offenses in connection with their business activities, regardless of their compliance with the requirements of the legislation on state registration as individual entrepreneurs , bear administrative responsibility as individual entrepreneurs in cases provided for by this Code or the laws of constituent entities of the Russian Federation on administrative offenses.
The bill proposes to include three sections in the new Code of Administrative Offences: section I “General Part”, section II “Special Part”, section III “Subjects of Administrative Jurisdiction”.
Let us introduce you to some articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses that relate to the accounting and tax sphere.
Article 29.21. Violation of deadlines for submitting a tax return (DAM)
Violation of the deadlines established by the legislation on taxes and fees for submitting a tax return (calculation of insurance premiums) to the tax authority at the place of registration -
entails a warning or the imposition of an administrative fine on officials in the amount of 1,000 to 2,000 rubles.
Article 29.22. Failure to provide (failure to report) information necessary for tax control
1. Failure to submit, within the period established by the legislation on taxes and fees, customs legislation and legislation on insurance premiums, or refusal to submit to the tax authorities, customs authorities, management bodies of state extra-budgetary funds documents and (or) other information necessary for the implementation of tax control, as well as the presentation of such information incompletely or in a distorted form, except for the cases provided for in part 2 of this article -
entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of 2,000 to 4,000 rubles; for officials - from 4,000 to 8,000 rubles.
Article 29.28. Violation of accounting requirements, including accounting (financial) reporting
1. Gross violation of accounting requirements, including accounting (financial) reporting, except for the cases provided for in Article 29.9 of this Code, -
shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on officials in the amount of 5,000 to 10,000 rubles.
2. Repeated commission of an administrative offense provided for in part 1 of this article -
shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on officials in the amount of 10,000 to 20,000 rubles or disqualification for a period of 1 to 2 years.
Article 29.31. Violation of the requirements established by the legislation of the Russian Federation on the use of cash register systems
1. Non-use of CCP -
entails the imposition of an administrative fine on officials and individual entrepreneurs in the amount of one-fourth to one-half of the amount of cash payments and (or) payments using payment cards when selling goods, performing work or providing services carried out without the use of cash register systems, but not less than 10 000 rubles; for legal entities - from three-quarters to one size of the amount of cash payments and (or) payments using payment cards when selling goods, performing work or providing services carried out without the use of cash register systems, but not less than 30,000 rubles.
2. Repeated commission of an administrative offense provided for in Part 1 of this article, if the amount of settlements made without the use of cash registers amounted, including in the aggregate, to 1 million rubles or more -
entails disqualification of officials for a period of 1 to 2 years; imposition of an administrative fine on individual entrepreneurs in the amount of 400,000 to 500,000 rubles; for legal entities - from 3 million to 5 million rubles.
The new Code of Administrative Offenses should come into force on January 1, 2021.
This was reported in another project, also prepared by the Ministry of Justice.
Violation of traffic rules
Significant changes affected Chapter 12 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. Now administrative violations in the field of traffic are located in Chapter 21. The amount of fines will increase significantly, for example, for speed violations - by 2-6 times.
An article is introduced that has already caused a lot of noise - “dangerous driving”. A number of articles, on the contrary, will leave the list. For example, “Illegal restriction of the rights to drive and operate a vehicle.” New fines have been introduced for persistent violators.
The draft law itself can be called quite interesting and certainly recommended for familiarization. Moreover, not only for car enthusiasts, but certainly for the latter. Why? Because the discussion is unlikely to greatly change the already adopted outline of the Code of Administrative Offences.
More on the topic:
- The state liked the payment of half the fine
- a fine for free travel on toll roads
- Commercial vehicles in the courtyard of a residential building will be fined
Administrative liability for libel
A new article 5.61.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation was introduced into the code, which provides for administrative liability of legal entities for libel if the violation does not have signs of a criminal offense. The article states that the following is considered a violation:
Slander, that is, the dissemination of deliberately false information that discredits the honor and dignity of another person or undermines his reputation.
The penalty is the imposition of an administrative fine on legal entities in the amount of 500,000 to 3 million rubles.
Explanations from Rospotrebnadzor
Fines for refusing vaccination, proposed in the draft new edition of the code, can be imposed only on those citizens who are in professional risk groups, Rospotrebnadzor clarified.
According to the department, punishment threatens citizens performing work associated with a high risk of contracting infectious diseases.
Rospotrebnadzor classifies as such work with patients with infectious diseases, with blood, as well as biological fluids of people, etc.
Article 1
Introduce into the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses (Collected Legislation of the Russian Federation, 2002, N 1, Art. 1; N 30, Art. 3029; N 44, Art. 4295; 2003, N 27, Art. 2700, 2708, 2717; N 46, Art. 4434; N 50, Art. 4847, 4855; 2004, N 31, Art. 3229; N 34, Art. 3529, 3533; N 44, Art. 4266; 2005, N 1, Art. 9, 13, 37, 40, 45; N 10, art. 763; N 13, art. 1075, 1077; N 19, art. 1752; N 27, art. 2719, 2721; N 30, art. 3104, 3131; N 50, Art. 5247; N 52, Art. 5574; 2006, N 1, Art. 4, 10; N 2, Art. 172, 175; N 6, Art. 636; N 10, Art. 1067; N 12, Art. 1234; N 17, Art. 1776; N 18, Art. 1907; N 19, Art. 2066; N 23, Art. 2380; N 31, Art. 3420, 3433, 3438, 3452; N 45, Art. 4641; N 50, Art. 5279, 5281; N 52, Art. 5498; 2007, N 1, Art. 21, 29; N 16, Art. 1825; N 21, Art. 2456; N 26, Art. 3089; N 30, Art. 3755; N 31, Art. 4007, 4008; N 41, Art. 4845; N 43, Art. 5084; N 46, Art. 5553; 2008, N 10, Art. 896; N 18, Art. 1941; N 20, art. 2251, 2259; N 29, art. 3418; N 30, art. 3582, 3604; N 49, art. 5745; N 52, art. 6227, 6235, 6236; 2009, N 7, art. 777; N 23, art. 2759, 2767; N 26, art. 3120, 3122, 3131; N 29, art. 3597, 3642; N 30, art. 3739; N 45, art. 5265; N 48, art. 5711, 5724; N 52, art. 6412; 2010, N 1, art. 1; N 19, art. 2291; N 21, art. 2525; N 23, art. 2790; N 27, art. 3416; N 30, art. 4002, 4006, 4007; N 31, art. 4158, 4164, 4193, 4195, 4206, 4207, 4208; N 41, art. 5192; N 49, art. 6409; 2011, N 1, art. 10, 23, 54; N 7, art. 901; N 15, art. 2039; N 17, art. 2310; N 19, art. 2714, 2715; N 23, art. 3260; N 27, art. 3873, 3881; N 29, art. 4290, 4298; N 30, art. 4573, 4574, 4585, 4590, 4598, 4600, 4601, 4605; N 45, art. 6325; N 46, art. 6406; N 47, art. 6602; N 48, art. 6728, 6730; N 49, art. 7025, 7061; N 50, art. 7342, 7345, 7346, 7351, 7352, 7355, 7362, 7366; 2012, N 6, art. 621; N 10, art. 1166; N 19, art. 2278, 2281; N 24, art. 3069, 3082; N 29, Art. 3996; N 31, Art. 4320, 4330; N 47, art. 6402, 6403, 6404, 6405; N 49, art. 6757; N 53, Art. 7577, 7580, 7602, 7640; 2013, N 14, art. 1651, 1657, 1658, 1666; N 17, art. 2029; N 19, art. 2323, 2325; N 26, art. 3207, 3208, 3209; N 27, art. 3454, 3469, 3470, 3477, 3478; N 30, art. 4025, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4034, 4036, 4040, 4044, 4078, 4082; N 31, art. 4191; N 43, art. 5443, 5444, 5445, 5452; N 44, Art. 5624, 5643; N 48, art. 6159, 6161, 6163, 6165; N 49, art. 6327, 6341, 6343; N 51, Art. 6683, 6685, 6695, 6696; N 52, art. 6948, 6961, 6980, 6986, 6994, 7002; 2014, N 6, art. 557, 559, 566; N 11, art. 1092, 1096; N 14, art. 1561, 1562; N 19, art. 2302, 2306, 2310, 2317, 2324, 2325, 2326, 2327, 2330, 2333, 2335; N 26, art. 3366, 3379; N 30, art. 4211, 4214, 4218, 4228, 4233, 4248, 4256, 4259, 4264, 4278; N 42, art. 5615; N 43, art. 5799; N 45, art. 6142; N 48, art. 6636, 6638, 6642, 6643, 6651; N 52, art. 7541, 7548, 7550, 7557; 2015, N 1, art. 29, 35, 67, 74, 83, 85; N 6, art. 885; N 10, art. 1405, 1416; N 13, art. 1805, 1811; N 18, art. 2614, 2619, 2620; N 21, art. 2981; N 24, art. 3370; N 27, art. 3945, 3950, 3983, 3995; N 29, art. 4354, 4356, 4359, 4374, 4376, 4391; N 41, art. 5629, 5637; N 44, art. 6046; N 45, art. 6205, 6208; N 48, art. 6706, 6710, 6716; N 51, Art. 7249, 7250; 2021, N 1, Art. 11, 28, 59, 63, 84; N 10, art. 1323; N 11, art. 1481, 1490, 1491, 1493; N 18, art. 2514; N 23, Art. 3285; N 26, Art. 3871, 3876, 3877, 3884, 3887, 3891; N 27, art. 4160, 4164, 4183, 4197, 4205, 4206, 4223, 4226, 4238, 4251, 4259, 4286, 4291, 4305; N 28, art. 4558; N 50, art. 6975; 2021, N 1, art. 12, 31, 47; N 7, art. 1030, 1032; N 9, art. 1278; N 11, art. 1535; N 17, art. 2456, 2457, 2460; N 18, art. 2664; N 22, art. 3069; N 23, Art. 3227; N 24, Art. 3487; N 27, art. 3947; N 30, art. 4455; N 31, Art. 4738, 4755, 4812, 4814, 4815, 4816, 4827, 4828, 4830; N 47, art. 6844, 6851; N 49, art. 7308; N 50, art. 7562; N 52, Art. 7919, 7937; 2018, N 1, art. 21, 30, 35, 48; N 7, art. 973; N 18, Art. 2562; N 30, art. 4555; N 31, Art. 4824, 4825, 4826, 4828, 4830, 4851; N 41, art. 6187; N 42, art. 6378; N 45, art. 6832, 6843; N 47, art. 7125, 7128; N 53, art. 8436, 8447, 8483; 2021, N 6, Art. 465; N 10, art. 893; N 12, art. 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219; N 16, art. 1819, 1820, 1821; N 18, Art. 2220; N 22, art. 2669, 2670; N 25, art. 3161; N 27, art. 3536; N 29, art. 3847; N 30, art. 4119, 4120, 4121,4125,4131; N 31, art. 4473; N 42, art. 5803; N 44, art. 6178, 6182; N 46, art. 6417; N 49, art. 6964, 6968; N 51, Art. 7493, 7494, 7495; N 52, art. 7766, 7811, 7819; 2021, N 9, Art. 1123) the following changes:
1) in the first paragraph of part 1 of article 3.5, after the words “part 1 of article 19.341”, add the words “, part 11 of article 20.16”, after the words “part 4 of article 17.15” add the words “, part 1 of article 20.61”, after the numbers “5.50, » shall be supplemented with the words “part 2 of Article 6.3,”, the words “part 2 of Article 19.341, in parts” shall be replaced with the words “part 2 of Article 19.341, part 2 of Article 20.61, in parts”, the words “with Article 5.38, parts” shall be replaced with the words “Article 5.38, part 3 of Article 6.3, in parts”, after the words “part 2 of Article 5.26,” add the words “part 2 of Article 6.3,”, the words “parts 21 and 4 of Article 13.40, part” are replaced with the words “parts 21 and 4 of Article 13.40, part 4 of the article 14.42, part”, the words “Article 11.71” are replaced with the words “Part 3 of Article 6.3, Article 11.71”, after the words “Article 15.40” the words “Part 2 of Article 20.61” are added, the words “Part 11 of Article 13.15, Part 2” are replaced with the words “part 101 of article 13.15, part 2”, after the words “part 2 of article 11.71, article 11.201,” add the words “part 102 of article 13.15,” after the words “parts 8 and 9 of article 13.11,” add the words “part 11 of article 13.15 ,";
2) in article 6.3:
a) in paragraph one, replace the word “Violation” with the word “1. Violation";
b) add parts 2 and 3 as follows:
"2. The same actions (inaction) committed during an emergency situation or when there is a threat of the spread of a disease that poses a danger to others, or during the implementation of restrictive measures (quarantine) in the relevant territory, or failure to comply within the prescribed period with a legal order issued during the specified periods ( resolutions) or requirements of the body (official) exercising federal state sanitary and epidemiological supervision to carry out sanitary and anti-epidemic (preventive) measures -
entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of fifteen thousand to forty thousand rubles; for officials - from fifty thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand rubles; for persons carrying out entrepreneurial activities without forming a legal entity - from fifty thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand rubles or administrative suspension of activities for a period of up to ninety days; for legal entities - from two hundred thousand to five hundred thousand rubles or administrative suspension of activities for up to ninety days.
3. Actions (inaction) provided for in Part 2 of this article, resulting in harm to human health or death of a person, if these actions (inaction) do not contain a criminal offense, -
entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of one hundred fifty thousand to three hundred thousand rubles; for officials - from three hundred thousand to five hundred thousand rubles or disqualification for a period of one to three years; for persons carrying out entrepreneurial activities without forming a legal entity - from five hundred thousand to one million rubles or administrative suspension of activities for a period of up to ninety days; for legal entities - from five hundred thousand to one million rubles or administrative suspension of activities for a period of up to ninety days.”;
3) in article 13.15:
a) add parts 101 and 102 as follows:
"101. Dissemination in the media, as well as in information and telecommunication networks, under the guise of reliable messages, of deliberately false information about circumstances that pose a threat to the life and safety of citizens, and (or) about measures taken to ensure the safety of the population and territories, methods and methods of protection against these circumstances -
shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on legal entities in the amount of one million five hundred thousand to three million rubles with or without confiscation of the subject of the administrative offense.
102. Dissemination in the media, as well as in information and telecommunication networks, of deliberately unreliable socially significant information under the guise of reliable messages, resulting in the death of a person, harm to human health or property, mass violation of public order and (or) public safety, cessation of the functioning of facilities life support, transport or social infrastructure, credit institutions, energy, industrial or communications facilities, -
shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on legal entities in the amount of three million to five million rubles with or without confiscation of the subject of the administrative offense.”;
b) part 11 should be stated as follows:
"eleven. Repeated commission of an administrative offense provided for in Part 10, 101 or 102 of this article -
shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of three hundred thousand to four hundred thousand rubles with or without confiscation of the subject of the administrative offense; for officials - from six hundred thousand to nine hundred thousand rubles; for legal entities - from five million to ten million rubles with or without confiscation of the subject of the administrative offense.”;
c) the note should be stated as follows:
"Notes:
1. The prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation is notified within twenty-four hours of all cases of initiation of cases of administrative offenses provided for in parts 9 - 11 of this article.
2. Circumstances that pose a threat to the life and safety of citizens specified in part 101 of this article are recognized as natural and man-made emergencies, environmental emergencies, including epidemics, epizootics and other circumstances resulting from accidents, hazardous natural phenomena, disasters , natural and other disasters that have resulted (may result) in human casualties, damage to human health and the natural environment, significant material losses and disruption of the living conditions of the population.”;
4) in article 14.42:
a) in the first paragraph of part 1, replace the word “Code, -” with the words “Code and part 4 of this article, -”;
b) add part 4 with the following content:
"4. Sales or dispensing of medicinal products in violation of the requirements of the legislation on the circulation of medicinal products regarding the establishment of maximum amounts of wholesale markups to the actual selling prices established by drug manufacturers for the specified medicinal products, or retail markups to the actual selling prices established by the manufacturers of medicinal products for the specified medicinal products , —
shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on officials in the amount of two hundred fifty thousand to five hundred thousand rubles; for persons carrying out entrepreneurial activities without forming a legal entity - in the amount of double the amount of excess revenue received from the sale of medicines due to unlawfully inflating state-regulated prices for the entire period during which the offense was committed, but not more than one year; for legal entities - in double the amount of excess revenue received from the sale of medicines due to unlawfully inflating state-regulated prices for the entire period during which the offense was committed, but not more than one year.”;
5) in paragraph one of part 1 of Article 14.6, the words “package (pack), -” shall be replaced with the words “package (pack), except for the cases provided for in part 4 of Article 14.42 of this Code, - “;
6) add Article 20.61 with the following content:
“Article 20.6 1 . Failure to comply with the rules of conduct in case of an emergency or threat of its occurrence
1. Failure to comply with the rules of conduct when introducing a high-alert regime in the territory in which there is a threat of an emergency situation, or in an emergency zone, with the exception of cases provided for in Part 2 of Article 6.3 of this Code, -
entails a warning or the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of one thousand to thirty thousand rubles; for officials - from ten thousand to fifty thousand rubles; for persons carrying out entrepreneurial activities without forming a legal entity - from thirty thousand to fifty thousand rubles; for legal entities - from one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand rubles.
2. Actions (inaction) provided for in Part 1 of this article, resulting in harm to human health or property, except for the cases provided for in Part 3 of Article 6.3 of this Code, if these actions (inaction) do not contain a criminal offense, or a repeated commission of an administrative offense provided for in part 1 of this article, -
entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of fifteen thousand to fifty thousand rubles; for officials - from three hundred thousand to five hundred thousand rubles or disqualification for a period of one to three years; for persons carrying out entrepreneurial activities without forming a legal entity - from five hundred thousand to one million rubles or administrative suspension of activities for a period of up to ninety days; for legal entities - from five hundred thousand to one million rubles or administrative suspension of activities for a period of up to ninety days.”;
7) in article 20.16:
a) part 1 should be stated as follows:
"1. Carrying out private security activities without a special permit (license) or providing security services by a person who does not have the legal status of a private security guard -
entails the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of two thousand five hundred to five thousand rubles; for officials - from five thousand to ten thousand rubles; for legal entities - from thirty thousand to sixty thousand rubles.”;
b) add part 11 with the following content:
"eleven. Repeated commission of an administrative offense provided for in Part 1 of this article -
shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine on citizens in the amount of five thousand to ten thousand rubles or compulsory labor for a period of one hundred to two hundred hours; for officials - disqualification for a period of six months to three years; for legal entities - from sixty-five thousand to one hundred thirty thousand rubles or administrative suspension of activities for a period of up to ninety days.”;
c) paragraph one of part 2 should be stated as follows:
"2. Carrying out private detective (detective) activities without special permission (license) - “;
d) in paragraph one of part 4, the words “either not provided for by law, or” are replaced with the words “not provided for by law, or the provision of such services”;
in Article 23.1:
a) part 1 after the numbers “6.1 - 6.2,” add the words “parts 2 and 3 of article 6.3, articles”, after the numbers “20.15,” add the words “part 11 of article 20.16, articles”;
b) in part 12, replace the words “Article 6.3,” with the words “Part 1 of Article 6.3, articles”;
c) in Part 2 the words “Articles 5.53, 6.3,” are replaced with the words “Article 5.53, Part 1 of Article 6.3, Articles”;
d) in paragraph three of part 3, replace the words “Article 5.38,” with the words “Article 5.38, parts 2 and 3 of Article 6.3, articles”, after the numbers “20.1 - 20.31,” add the numbers “20.61,”;
9) in Part 1 of Article 23.13, the words “Article 6.3,” shall be replaced with the words “Part 1 of Article 6.3, Articles”;
10) Part 1 of Article 23.51 after the words “Article 9.16,” shall be supplemented with the words “Part 4 of Article 14.42,”;
11) part 1 of article 23.85 after the numbers “20.14,” add the words “parts 1, 2 - 4 of the article”;
12) in article 28.3:
a) in part 2:
paragraph 1 after the numbers “6.11,” shall be supplemented with the words “parts 2 and 3 of article 6.3, articles”;
paragraph 18 after the words “Article 11.32,” add the words “Part 4 of Article 14.42,”;
paragraph 19 after the words “Article 6.1,” add the words “Parts 2 and 3 of Article 6.3,”;
paragraph 103 after the numbers “20.15,” shall be supplemented with the words “part 11 of article 20.16,”;
b) part 5 shall be supplemented with paragraph 18 as follows:
“18) officials of governing bodies and forces of the unified state system for the prevention and liquidation of emergency situations - about administrative offenses provided for in Article 20.61 of this Code. The list of officials of these bodies, including officials of executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, is approved by the Government of the Russian Federation.”;
c) add part 64 with the following content:
"64. In addition to the cases provided for in paragraph 18 of part 5 of this article, protocols on administrative offenses provided for in Article 20.61 of this Code may be drawn up by officials of executive authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The list of these bodies and their officials is approved by the highest official (head of the highest executive body of state power) of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation.”;
13) Part 1 of Article 28.7 after the numbers “7.27” is supplemented with the numbers “, 20.61”.
Fines for fake journalists at rallies
The new version of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation “Violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picketing” now provides for administrative liability, including for the use during a public event of a distinctive feature of a media representative, provided for in Part 5 of Article 6 Federal Law No. 54-FZ dated June 19, 2004, by a person who does not have the right to use it.
Punishment is provided in the form of an administrative fine in the amount of 20,000 to 30,000 rubles.
