The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation 26/09/2022, 07:19 is obliged to exercise supervision over a minor; b) in respect of a person which is known to be under 14 years old; c) by a group of persons in a preliminary conspiracy or by an organized group shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to eight years. Article 243. Destruction or Damage of Monuments of History and Culture 1. Destruction or damage of monuments of history, culture, natural monuments, or facilities protected by the State, and also of objects or documents of historical or cultural value, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 200 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period up to 18 months, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. 2. The same deeds, committed in respect of especially valuable facilities or monuments of all-Russian significance, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 500 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of one to three years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years. Article 244. Outrages upon Bodies of the Deceased and Their Burial Places 1. Outrages upon the bodies of the deceased, or destruction, damage to, or desecration of burial places, gravestones, or graveyard buildings intended for burial ceremonies or for commemorative feasts, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 40 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to three months, or by compulsory works for a term of 120 to 180 hours, or by corrective labour for a term of up to one year, or by arrest for a term of up to three months. 2. The same acts committed: a) by a group of persons, a group of persons in a preliminary conspiracy, or by an organized group; b) by reason of national, racial, or religious hatred or enmity, and likewise in respect of a sculpture or architectural structure devoted to the struggle against fascism or victims of nazism, or burialplaces of participants in the struggle against nazism; c) with the use of violence or with the threat of its use, shall be punishable by restraint of liberty for a term of up to three years, or by arrest for a term of three to six months, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to three years. Article 245. Cruelty to Animals 1. Cruelty to animals that has involved their death or injury, if this deed has been conducted with malicious or mercenary motives, or the use of sadistic methods, or in the presence of minors, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 80 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period up to six months, or by corrective labour for a term of up to one year, or by arrest for a term of up to six months. 2. The same act committed by a group of persons, a group of persons in a preliminary conspiracy, or an organized group, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 300 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of one to two years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. Chapter 26. Environmental Crimes (On the practice of the application by the courts of legislation on responsibility for ecological offences see Decision of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 14 of November 5, 1998) Article 246. Violation of the Rules for Environmental Protection During the Performance of Works Violation of the rules for environmental protection during the designing, placement, building, commissioning, or operation of industrial, agricultural, scientific, or other facilities by persons responsible for the observance of these rules, if this has involved a substantial change in the radioactive background, the infliction of injury to human health, mass-scale injury to animals, or any other grave consequences, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to 120 thousand roubles or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to one year, or by compulsory works for a term of 120 to 240 hours, or by corrective works for term of one to two years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years, with disqualification to hold specified offices or engage in specified activities for a term of up to three years, or without such disqualification. Article 247. Violation of the Rules for Dealing with Environmentally Hazardous Substances and Waste 1. Production of illicit dangerous waste, transportation, storage, dumping, use, or any other circulation of radioactive, bacteriological, or chemical substances or waste, with the violation of fixed rules, if these acts have created a threat of infliction of substantial harm on human health or the environment, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 200 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period up to 18 months, or by restraint of liberty for a term of up to three years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. 2. The same acts, which have involved the pollution, poisoning, or contamination of the environment, the infliction of harm on human health or mass-scale injury to of animals, and likewise acts committed in a zone of ecological distress or in a zone of ecological emergency, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 300 thousand roubles or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of one to two years or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years. 3. Acts provided for by the first or second part of this Article, and entailing by negligence the death of a man or mass disease inflection of people, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to eight years. Article 248. Violation of Safety Rules in Dealing with Microbiological or Other Biological Agents or Toxins 1. Violation of safety rules in dealing with microbiological or any other biological or agents or toxins, if this has involved the infliction of injury to human health, the spread of epidemics, or any other grave consequences, shall be punishable by compulsory works for a term of up to 180 hours, or by corrective labour for a term of up to one year, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years, with disqualification to hold specified offices or engage in specified activities for a term of up to three years, or without such disqualification. 2. The same act, that has entailed by negligence the death of a person, shall be punishable by compulsory works for a term of 180 to 240 hours, or by corrective labour for a term of six months to two years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years, with disqualification to hold specified offices or engage in specified activities for a term of up to three years. Article 249. Violation of Veterinary Rules and Rules for Control of Epidemics and Plant Pests 1. Violation of veterinary rules which has involved through negligence the spread of epidemics or any other grave consequences shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to 120 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to one years, or by corrective labour for a term of up to two years, or by restraint of liberty for a term of up to three years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. 2. Violation of the rules for control of epidemics and plant pests, which has involved through negligence grave consequences, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to 120 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to one years, or by corrective labour for a term of up to one year, or by restraint of liberty for a term of up to two years. Article 250. Pollution of Waters 1. Pollution, clogging, and exhaustion of surface and subterranean waters or sources of drinking water supply, or any other change of their natural properties, if these acts have involved the infliction of substantial harm on the animal or vegetable kingdom, fish reserves, forestry, or agriculture, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 80 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to six months, or by disqualification to hold specified offices or engage in specified activities for a term of up to five years, or by corrective labour for a term of up to one year, or by arrest for a term of up to three months. 2. The same acts, which have involved the infliction of injury on human health or mass-scale injury to of animals, and likewise acts committed on the territory of a preserve or game reserve, or in a zone of ecological distress, or in a zone of ecological emergency, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 200 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of two to five months, or by corrective labour for a term of one to two years, or by deprivation of liberty for a period of up to two years. 3. Acts provided for by the first or second part of this Article, and entailing by negligence the death of a person, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years. Article 251. Pollution of the Atmosphere 1. Violation of the rules for release of pollutants into the atmosphere, or violation of the operations of installations, structures, and other facilities, if these acts have resulted in pollution or any other change of the natural properties of the air, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 80 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to six months, or by disqualification to hold specified offices or to engage in specified activities for a term of up to five years, or by corrective labour for a term of up to one year, or by arrest for a term of up to three months. 2. The same acts, which have involved the infliction through negligence of injury to human life or health, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of up to 200 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to 18 months, or by corrective labour for a term of one to two years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. 3. Acts provided for in the first or second part of this Article, and entailing by negligence the death of a person, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term up to five years. Article 252. Pollution of the Marine Environment 1. Marine pollution from land-based sources or because of an infraction of the rules for dumping from ships or artificial structures built in the sea of substances and materials which are hazardous to human health and marine life resources, and which prevent the legitimate use of the marine environment shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 200 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to 18 months, or by disqualification to hold specified offices or to engage in specified activities for a term of up to three years, or by corrective labour for a term of up to two years, or by arrest for a term of up to four months. 2. The same acts, which have caused substantial harm to human health, flora, legally fauna, fish reserves, the environment, zones of recreation or to other law-protected interests, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years, with a fine in the amount up to 40 thousand roubles, in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to three months. 3. Acts provided for by the first or second part of this Article, and entailing by negligence the death of a person, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term up to five years. Federal Law No. 175-FZ of December 28, 2004 amended Article 253 of this Code Article 253. Contravention of the Laws of the Russian Federation on the Continental Shelf and on the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Russian Federation 1. Illegal erection of structures on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation, illegal creation of security zones around them or in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation, and likewise contravention of the rules for building, operating, protecting, and dismantling erected structures and safety facilities of marine navigation, shall be punishable by a fine from one hundred thousand to three hundred thousand roubles or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted for a period from one year to two years or by disqualification to hold specified offices to engage in specified activities for a term of up to three years, or by corrective labour for a term of up to two years. 2. Investigation, exploration, and development of the natural resources of the continental shelf of the Russian Federation or of the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation, without relevant permits, shall be punishable by a fine from one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand roubles or in the amount of the wages or other income of the convicted for a period from one year to three years or by corrective labour for a term of up to two years, with disqualification to hold specified offices or to engage in specified activities for a term of up to three years, or without such disqualification. Article 254. Deterioration of Land 1. Poisoning, polluting, or causing any other deterioration of land through harmful products of economic and any other activity, due to the violation of the rules for dealing with fertilizers, plant growth stimulators, chemical weed-killers, any other dangerous chemical or biological substances during their storage, use, or transportation, which has entailed the infliction of harm to human health or the environment, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 200 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period up to 18 months, or by http://visalink-russia.com/criminal-code-russian-federation.html Page 23 of 32