The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation 26/09/2022, 07:19 1. The receipt by an individual businessman or an organization manager of a credit or of favorable credit terms by means of knowingly submitting to a bank or any other creditor false information about the economic position or the financial condition of the individual businessman or organization, if this act has caused large-scale damage, 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 arrest for a term of four to six months, or by deprivation of liberty for a term up to five years. 2. Illegal receipt of a state special-purpose credits, and also its use not for its direct designation, if these deeds have caused large-scale damage to individuals, organizations, or the State, 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 year to two years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of two to five years. Article 177. Deliberate Evasion of the Repayment of Debts Deliberate evasion by an organization's manager or an individual of the repayment of debts of a large size, or from the payment for securities, after the entry into legal force of an appropriate court judgement, 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, or by compulsory works for a term of 180 to 240 hours, or by arrest for a term of four to six months, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. Note: Abolished Article 178. Banning, Restricting or Eliminating Competition 1. Banning, restricting or eliminating competition by way of setting up or sustaining high or low monopoly prices, by market sharing, limiting access to a market, excluding from it other subjects of economic activity, or setting or maintaining fixed prices where these deeds have entailed the infliction of major damage 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 arrest for a term of four to six months, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. 2. The same acts committed through the use of a person's official position or by a group of persons in a preliminary conspiracy shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 300 thousand rubles, 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. The deeds provided for by the first or second parts of this Article and committed with the use of violence or the threat of violence, and also with the destruction or damage of other people's property, or with the threat of its destruction or damage, in the absence of any elements of extortion, or by an organized group shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to seven years, with or without a fine in the amount of up to one million roubles or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to five years. Note. Major damage in this Article shall mean damage in an amount exceeding one million roubles. Article 179. Compulsion to Complete a Deal or to Refuse to Complete It 1. Compulsion to complete a deal or to refuse to complete it under the threat of violence, destruction, or damage of other people's property, and also under the threat of spreading information that could cause substantial harm to the rights and legally-protected interests of the victim or his relatives, in the absence of elements of extortion, 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 two years, with 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 without any fine. 2. The same act committed a) abolished b) with the use of violence; c) by an organized group, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of five to ten years. Article 180. Illegal Use of a Trademark 1. Illegal use of a trademark or service mark, name of the place of origin of goods, or similar designations for homogeneous goods, if this deed has been committed repeatedly or has caused substantial damage, 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, or by compulsory works for a term of 180 to 240 hours, or by corrective labour for a term of up to two years. 2. Illegal use of special marking in respect to a trademark which is not registered in the Russian Federation, or the name of the place of origin of goods, if this deed has been committed repeatedly or has inflicted sizable damage, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount 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 up to one year, or by compulsory works for a term of 180 to 240 hours, or by corrective labour for a term of up to one year. 3. The actions specified in Parts 1 or 2 of the present article committed by a group of persons by a preliminary collusion or by an organised group, shall be punishable by a fine at a rate of 100 thousand to 300 thousand roubles or at the rate of the wage or other earnings of the convict for a period of one year to two years or arrest for a term of four to six months or imprisonment for a term of up to five years. Article 181. Violation of the Rules for the Manufacture and Use of State Assay Marks 1. The non-sanctioned manufacture, sale or use, or forgery of a state assay mark, prompted by mercenary or any other personal interests, 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 three years. 2. The same acts committed by an organized group, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years. Article 182. Abolished Article 183. The Illegal Receipt and Disclosure of Information Classified as a Commercial, Tax or Banking Secret 1. The gathering of information classified as a commercial, tax or banking secret, by means of stealing documents, bribery and threats as well as in other illegal ways shall be punishable by a fine at a rate up to 80 thousand roubles or in the amount of the convicted's wage or other income for a period of one six months or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years. 2. The illegal disclosure or use of information classified as a commercial, tax or banking secret, without the consent of the owner thereof by a person to whom it is entrusted or became known in the line of service or work shall be punishable by a fine at a rate 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 with a deprivation of the person of his/her right to occupy certain offices or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years or imprisonment for a term of up to three years. 3. The same actions which have inflicted large-scale harm or which have been committed with a mercenary interest shall be punishable by fine at a rate 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 with a deprivation of the person's right to occupy certain offices or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years or imprisonment for a term of up to five years. 4. The actions specified in Parts 2 or 3 of the present article which have caused grave consequences shall be punishable by imprisonment for a term of up to ten years. Article 184. Bribery of Participants and Organizers of Professional Sports and Entertainment Profit-making Competitions 1. Bribery of athletes, referees, coaches, team leaders, and other participants or organizers of professional sport competitions, and also organizers or jurymen of profit-making entertainment competitions, with the purpose of exerting influence on the results of these competitions or contests, 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 compulsory works for a term of 120 to 180 hours, or by corrective labour for a term of six to twelve months, or by arrest for a term of up to three months. 2. The same deed committed 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 one to two years, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years. 3. Illegal receipt by athletes of money, securities, or any other property transferred to them for the purpose of exerting influence on the results of said competitions, and also the illegal use by athletes of property-related services granted to them for the same purposes, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 300 thousand roubles, or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period up to two years, or by disqualification to hold specified offices or to engage in specified activities for a term up to three years, or by arrest for a term of four to six months. 4. Illegal receipt of money, securities, or any other property, illegal use of property-related services by referees, coaches, team leaders, and other participants or organizers of professional sports competitions, and also by organizers or jurymen of profit-making entertainment competitions for the purposes referred to in the third part of this Article, 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 a period of one year 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. Article 185. Abuse in the Case of Issuance of Securities 1. The entry of deliberately unreliable information in a prospectus of securities issue, the approval of a prospectus of issue or a report on the results of a securities issue containing deliberately unreliable information, and equally, the floatation of issue securities the issue of which has not undergone state registration, if such actions have inflicted a large-scale damage to citizens, organisations or the state is punishable by a fine at a rate of 100 thousand to 300 thousand roubles or at the rate of the convict's wages/salary or other income for a period of one year to two years or compulsory work for 180 to 240 hours or correctional work from one year to two years. 2. The same actions committed by a group of persons by preliminary collusion or by an organised group are 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 imprisonment for a term of up to three years. Note. The "large-scale damage" in Articles 185 and 185.1 of the present Code is deemed to be a damage exceeding one million roubles. Article 185.1. Persistent Refusal to Provide Information Required under Russian Law on Securities to an Investor or a Controlling Body A persistent refusal to provide information containing details of an issuer, the issuer's financial and economic activities and securities, deals and other transactions in securities on part of the person having the duty to provide this information to an investor or a controlling body or the provision of deliberately incomplete or false information, if these actions have inflicted large-scale damage to citizens, organisations or the state is punishable by a fine at a rate up to 300 thousand roubles or at the rate of the convict's wages/salary or other income for a term up to two years or compulsory work for a term from 180 to 240 hours or correctional work from one to two years. Article 186. The Making or Uttering of Counterfeit Banknotes or Securities 1. The making of counterfeit banknotes for the purpose of their utterance, or the uttering, of counterfeit banknotes of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, metallic coins, government securities, or other securities in the currency of the Russian Federation or in foreign currency, or securities in foreign exchange, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of five to eight years, with or without a fine in the amount of up to one million roubles or in the amount of the wage or salary, or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to five years. 2. The same acts committed on a large scale, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of seven to twelve years, with or without a fine in the amount of up to one million roubles or in the amount of the wage or salary or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to five years. 3. Acts provided for by the first or second part of this Article and committed by an organized group, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of eight to fifteen years, with or without a fine in the amount of up to one million roubles or in the amount of the wage or salary, or any other income of the convicted person for a period of up to five years. Article 187. The Making or Uttering of Counterfeit Credit or Debit Cards, and Other Payment Documents 1. The making of counterfeit credit or debit cards, and also of other payment documents, which are not securities, with the purpose of their utterance or their uttering, http://visalink-russia.com/criminal-code-russian-federation.html Page 16 of 32