The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation 26/09/2022, 07:19 a) connected with bribery, deceit, coercion, use of violence or with the threat of its use; b) committed by a person through his official position; c) committed by a group of persons under a preliminary conspiracy or by an organized group, 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 corrective works for a term of one to two years, or by arrest for a term of up to six months, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years. 3. Interference, using one's official capacity or office, in the exercise by an election committee or a referendum committee of their powers, established by the laws on elections and referenda, for the purpose of affecting decisions thereof, that is, a demand or a direction of an official concerning registration of candidates, lists of candidates, election blocks, counting votes of electors or of a referendum participants, as well as other matters pertaining to the exclusive authority of the election committee or referendum committee, as well as the unlawful interference in the functioning of the State Automated System of the Russian Federation "Elections" 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 other income of the convicted person for the period from of one to two years, or by deprivation of freedom for a term of up to four years accompanied by a fine in the amount of up to 80 thousand roubles or in the amount of the wage or salary, or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to six months or without such. Article 141.1. Breaking the Procedure for Financing the Election Campaign of a Candidate, of an Election Association or Election Block, for the Activities of a Referendum Initiative Group, of Other Group of Referendum Participants 1. Rendering large-scale financial (material) support to the election campaign of a candidate, an election association or an election block, in addition to election fund assets allocated to it, by way of producing and (or) disseminating propaganda materials, which are not paid at the expense of the election fund assets or paid at the expense of the election fund assets at unreasonably reduced rates, by way of paying for the production and (or) dissemination of such propaganda materials, transfer of monetary funds and material values on a free-of-charge basis or at unreasonably reduced rates to a candidate, election association or an election block for waging their election campaigns, as well as rendering large scale financial (material) support to the activities of a referendum initiative group, to another group of a referendum participants, in addition to the referendum fund assets, by way of producing and (or) disseminating propaganda materials, which are not paid at the expense of the referendum fund assets or paid at the expense of the referendum fund assets at unreasonably reduced rates, by way of paying for the production and (or) dissemination of such propaganda materials, transfer of monetary funds and materials values on a free-of-charge basis or at unreasonably reduced rates to a member or an authorized representative of a referendum initiative group, of other group of referendum participants for exercising their activities aimed at initiating the conduct of the referendum, the obtainment of certain results, while holding the referendum, as well as making large-scale donations to an election fund or a referendum fund through fictitious persons shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of of 100 thousand to 300 thousand roubles or in the amount of the wage or salary, or other income of the convicted person for the period of one year to two months, or by compulsory work for a term of up to 180 hours, or by corrective work for a term of up to one year, or by deprivation of freedom for a term of up to one year. 2. Large-scale use, in addition to the assets of an appropriate election fund, of the financial (material) support for waging the election campaign of a candidate, election association or election block by the candidate, his authorized representative in charge of financial matters, by an authorized representative in charge of financial matters of the election association or the election block, the largescale use, in addition to the assets of an appropriate referendum fund, of the financial (material) support for initiating the conduct of the referendum or for obtaining certain results of the referendum by an authorized representative in charge of financial matters of the referendum initiative group, of another group of referendum participants, as well as large-scale spending of donations prohibited by the laws on elections and referendums and remitted to a special election account or a special referendum account 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 other income of the convicted person for the period of one year to three years, or by deprivation of the right to occupy certain posts or to exercise certain activities for a term of from one to five years, or by compulsory work for a term of from 180 to 240 hours, or by corrective work for a term of from one year to two years, or by deprivation of freedom for a term of up to two years. Note. As large-scale, there shall be deemed in this article the amount of money, the value of property or of property benefits which exceed one tenth of the maximum amount of expenditure of the election fund of a candidate, election association, election block or of a referendum fund established by the laws on elections and referendums, as at the time of committing the deed provided for by this Article, but which is equal to at least one million roubles. Article 142. Falsification of Election Documents and Referendum Documents 1. Falsification of election documents and referendum documents, where this deed is committed by a member of an election committee, a referendum committee, an authorized representative of an election association, election block, referendum initiative group, or other group of a referendum participants, or by a candidate or an authorized representative thereof shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 300 thousand roubles or in the amount of the labour wage or other income of the convicted person for the period up to two years or by deprivation of freedom for a term of up to four years. 2. Falsification of the signatures of electors or referendum participants in support of nominating a candidate, election association, election block or the initiative of holding a referendum, or attestation of wittingly falsified signatures (voter's lists) carried out by a group of persons by a previous concert, or by an organized group, or accompanied by bribery, coercion, application of force or the threat of applying it, as well as by elimination of property or the threat of eliminating it, or entailing an essential violation of rights and legitimate interests of citizens or organizations or of interests of the society or the State protected by laws shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 500 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage, salary or other income of the convicted person for the period of one year to three years, or by deprivation of the rights to occupy certain posts or to exercise certain activities for a term from two to five years, or by deprivation of freedom for a term of up to three years. 3. The illegal production, as well as storage or transportation of illegally produced voting papers or referendum voting papers shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 500 thousand roubles or in the amount of the labour wage, salary or other income of the convicted person for a period of one year to three years, or by deprivation of freedom for a term of up to three years. Article 142.1. Falsification of Voting Results Including unregistered voting papers in the number of voting papers used in voting, or submitting wittingly false data on electors, referendum participants, or the wittingly incorrect drawing up of voter's lists, of referendum participants manifesting in the inclusion thereto of the persons who do not enjoy an active electoral right, the right to participation in a referendum, or of fictitious persons, or falsification of the signatures of voters or referendum participants in the lists of voters and referendum participants, or replacement of valid voting papers with notes of voters or referendum participants, or the unlawful spoilage of voting papers, or the wittingly incorrect counting of votes cast by voters or referendum participants, or signing by members of an election committee or a referendum committee of record of voting results prior to counting votes or determining the voting results, or a wittingly incorrect (not complying with real voting results) drawing up of a record of voting results, or the unlawful entry of amendments into the record of voting results after filling it in, or the wittingly incorrect determination of voting results or determination of the results of elections or a referendum shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 100 thousand roubles to 300 thousand roubles or in the amount of the wage, salary or other income of the convicted person for a term of of one year to two years or by deprivation of freedom for a term of up to four years. Article 143. Violation of Labour Protection Rules 1. Violation of safety rules or any other labour protection rules, committed by a person who has the duty of observing these rules, if this entailed by negligence the infliction of grave injury to a victim, 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 eighteen months, or by corrective labour for a term of up to two years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to one year. 2. The same act entailing, by negligence, the death of a person, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to three years, with disqualification to hold specified offices or to engage in specified activities for a term of up to three years, or permanent disqualification. Article 144. Obstruction of the Lawful Professional Activity of Journalists 1. Obstruction of the lawful professional activity of journalists by compelling them to give out information or to refuse to give out it 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 month, or by compulsory works for a term of up to 180 hours, or by corrective labour for a term of up to one year. 2. The same act committed by a person through his official position, 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 from one year to two years, or by corrective labour for a term of up to two years, or by deprivation of liberty 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 permanent disqualification. Article 145. Unfounded Refusal to Employ, or Unfounded Dismissal of a Pregnant Woman or the Woman with Children Below Three Years of Age The unfounded refusal to employ a woman or the unfounded dismissal of a woman because of her pregnancy, and also the unfounded refusal to employ or unfounded dismissal of a woman with children below three years of age, 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 a the period up to 18 months, or by compulsory works for a term of 120 to 180 hours. Article 145.1. Non-payment of wages, pensions, stipends, allowances and other payments 1. The non-payment for over two months of wages, pensions, stipends, allowances and other payments established by the law, committed by heads of enterprises, agencies or organizations regardless of their form of ownership out of mercenary or other personal interest shall be punishable with a fine in the amount up to 80 thousand roubles or in the amount of the wage or other income of a convict for a period up to six months or with deprivation of right to occupy certain posts or to engage in certain activities for a period of up to five years or with imprisonment for a maximum term of two years. 2. The same deed that has entailed grave consequences shall be punishable with a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 300 thousand roubles or in the amount of the wage or other income of a convict for a period of one year to two years or with imprisonment for a term of three to seven years with deprivation of right to occupy certain posts or engage in certain activities for a maximum period of three years or without such deprivation. Article 146. Violation of Copyright and Neighbouring Rights. 1. Appropriation of authorship (plagiarism), if this act has caused significant damage to the author or another possessor of right,shall be punishable with a fine in an amount up to 200 thousand roubles or in an amount of the wages or another income of the convicted person for a period up to 18 months, or with obligatory work for a period of one hundred and eighty to two hundred and forty hours, or with an arrest for a period of three to six months. 2. Illegal use of objects of copyright or neighbouring rights, as well as the acquisition, storage or carriage of counterfeited copies of works or phonograms for the purpose of sale carried out on a large scaleshall be punishable with a fine in an amount up to 200 thousand roubles or in an amount of the wages or another income of the convicted person for a period up to 18 months, or with obligatory work for a period of one hundred and eighty to two hundred and forty hours, or with deprivation of freedom for a period of up to two years. 3. Acts stipulated by Item two of this Article, if they have been committed: a) abolished b) by a group of persons in preliminary collusion or by an organised group; c) on an especially large scale; d) by a person with the use of his official position,shall be punishable with deprivation of freedom for a period up to five years with or without a fine in the amount up 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 up to three years. Note. Acts stipulated by this Article shall be deemed to have been committed on a large scale if the value of the copies of the works or phonograms or the value of the rights for the use of the objects of copyright or neighbouring rights exceed 50 thousand roubles, and on an especially large scale - 250 thousand roubles. Article 147. Violation of Inventor's Rights and Patent Rights 1. Illegal use of an invention, useful model, or industrial design, disclosure of the essence of an invention, useful model, or industrial design, without the consent of its author or applicant and before the official publication of information about them, the illegal acquisition of authorship, or the compelling of co-authorship, if these acts have inflicted damage to a person, 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 compulsory works for a term of 180 to 240 hours, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. 2. The same deeds committed by a group of persons under a preliminary conspiracy or by 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 four to eight months, or by arrest for a term of one to two years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years. http://visalink-russia.com/criminal-code-russian-federation.html Page 12 of 32