compelling the authorities in the Federation to perform or abstain from performing any act, or with the aim
of seriously destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social
structures in the Federation,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than three years.
(2) If the death of one or more people occurred because of the criminal offence referred to in paragraph 1 of
this Article, the perpetrator
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than five years.
(3) If, in the course of the perpetration of criminal offence referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the
perpetrator deprived another person of a life with intent,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not less than ten years or by long-term imprisonment.
(4) A terrorist act, in terms of this Article, means one of the following intentional acts which, given its
nature or its context, may cause serious damage to a state or international organisation:
a) Attack against person’s life, which may cause death;
b) Attack against the physical integrity of a person;
c) Unlawful confinement of another, keeping confined or in some other manner depriving another of
the freedom of movement, or restricting it in some way, with the aim to force him or some other
person to do or not to do or to bear something (kidnapping) or taking of hostages;
d) Causing a great damage to facilities of the Federation, or public facilities, the transport system,
infrastructure facilities, including an information system, a fixed platform located on the continental
shelf, a public place or private property, likely to endanger human beings or result in major
economic loss;
e) Kidnapping an aircrafts, ships or other means of public or goods transport;
f) Manufacture, possession, acquisition, transport, supply, use of or training for the use of weapons,
explosives, nuclear, biological or chemical weapons or radioactive material, as well as research into,
and development of, biological and chemical weapons or radioactive material;
g) Releasing dangerous substances, or causing fire, explosion or floods, the effect of which is to
endanger human life;
h) Interfering with or disrupting the supply of water, power or any other fundamental natural resource,
the effect of which is to endanger human life;
i)
Threatening to perpetrate any of the acts referred to in items a) to h) of this paragraph.
Article 202
Funding of Terrorist Activities
Whoever by any means, directly or indirectly, provides or collects funds with the aim that they should be
used or knowing that they are to be used, in full or in part, in order to perpetrate:
a) The criminal offence referred to in Article 200 (Taking of Hostages) and 201 (Terrorism) of this
Code;
b) Any other act intended to cause death or serious bodily injury to a civilian, or to any other person not
taking an active part in the hostilities in a situation of armed conflict, when the purpose of such act, by its
nature or context, is to intimidate a population, or to compel the authorities in the Federation to perform or to
abstain from performing any act,
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