What is the punishment for killing someone in Russia?
Murder per se (article 105 of Criminal Code): common corpus delicti (with no aggravating circumstances listed below). Punished with a sentence between 6 and 15 years. qualified corpus delicti.
What is the Russian law code?
The Law Code of 1649 is a comprehensive document, the product of an activist, interventionist, maximalist state that believed it could control many aspects of Russian life and the economy (especially the primary factors, land and labor). Chapters 2 and 3 protected the tsar and regulated life at his court.
How does Russia's criminal justice system work?
The Judiciary of Russia interprets and applies the law of Russia. It is defined under the Constitution and law with a hierarchical structure with the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court at the apex. The district courts are the primary criminal trial courts, and the regional courts are the primary appellate courts.
What is the penalty for espionage in Russia?
If special techniques for espionage are used to commit the crime, the punishment on conviction is a term of from three to eight years of imprisonment. (Law Nr. 190-FZ, art. 1(5).)