The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation 26/09/2022, 07:19 Illegal release from criminal responsibility of a person suspected or accused of committing a crime, by a procurator, investigator, or a person conducting inquests, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of two to seven years. Article 301. Illegal Detention, Taking into Custody, or Keeping in Custody 1. Knowingly illegal detention shall be punishable by restraint of liberty for a term of up to three years, or by arrest for a term of four to six months, 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 without such disqualification. 2. Knowingly illegal taking into custody or keeping in custody shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to four years. 3. Deeds stipulated in the first or second part of this Article, and entailing grave consequences, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to eight years. Article 302. Compulsion to Give Evidence 1. Compulsion to give evidence used with regard to a subject, defendant, victim, or witness, or coercion of an expert, a specialist to make a report or to give evidence through the application of threats, blackmail, or other illegal actions, by an investigator or a person conducting inquests, as well as by other person with the knowledge or a tacit consent of the investigator or the person conducting inquests, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to three years. 2. The same act, joined with the use of violence, mockery, or torture, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for term of two to eight years. Article 303. Falsification of Evidence 1. Falsification of evidence in a civil case, by a person who takes part in this case or by his representative, 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 corrective labour for a term of one to two years, or by arrest for a term of two to four months. 2. Falsification of evidence in a criminal case, by a person who conducts inquests, an investigator, procurator, or defence lawyer, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to three years, with disqualification to hold specified offices to engage in specified activities for term of up to three years. 3. Falsification of evidence in a criminal case about a grave or especially grave crime, and also falsification of evidence which has involved serious consequences, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to seven years, with disqualification to hold specified offices or to engage in specified activities for a term of up to three years. Article 304. Provocation of a Bribe, or Commercial Graft Provocation of a bribe or commercial graft, that is, attempts to transfer money, securities, or other assets, or to render property-related services to a functionary or a person fulfilling managerial functions in profit-making and other organizations, for the purpose of artificially manufacturing evidence of a crime of blackmail, 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 five 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 305. Knowingly Giving an Unjust Judgement, Decision, or any Other Juridical Act 1. Delivery by a judge (judges) of a knowingly unjust judgement, decision, or any other juridical act, 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 deprivation of liberty for a term of up to four years. 2. The same deed, related to the delivery by a court of law of an unjust sentence of deprivation of liberty, or entailing other serious consequences, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to ten years. Article 306. Knowingly False Denunciation 1. Knowingly false denunciation about a crime 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 one to two 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. 2. The same deed, joined with the accusation of a person of committing a grave or especially grave crime, 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 three years. 3. The deeds provided for by Parts One and Two of this Article linked with artificial creation of the prosecution evidence shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to six years. Article 307. Knowingly False Testimony, Opinion of an Expert or Specialist, or Mistranslation 1. Knowingly false testimony of a witness, a victim or an expert's opinion or testimony, evidence of a specialist and also knowing mistranslation in court, or in a preliminary investigation, 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 compulsory works for a term of 180 to 240 hours, or by corrective labour for a term of up to two years, or by arrest for a term of up to three months. 2. The same acts, joined with the accusation of a person of the commission of a grave or especially grave crime, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years. Note: A witness, victim, expert, specialist, or interpreter shall be relieved from criminal responsibility if they of their own free will have stated that their testimony or opinion was false, or that interpretation was knowingly given wrongly in the course of an inquest, preliminary investigation, or court hearing. Article 308. Refusal of a Witness or a Victim to Give Testimony Refusal of a witness or a victim to give testimony 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 convicted person for a period 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. Note: A person shall not be liable to criminal responsibility for the refusal to give testimony against himself, his spouse, or his close relatives. Article 309. Bribery or Compulsion for Giving Testimony or for Evading Giving Testimony, or for Mistranslating 1. Bribery of a witness or victim to give false testimony, or of an expert or specialist to give a false opinion or false testimony, or of an interpreter to make a mistranslation, 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 compulsory works for a term of 180 to 240 hours, or by corrective labour for a term of up to two years, or by arrest for a term of up to three months. 2. Compulsion of a witness or victim to give false testimony, or of an expert or specialist to give a false opinions, or of an interpreter to make a mistranslation, and also compulsion of said persons to evade giving testimony, joined with blackmail or threat of murder, infliction of injury to human health, or destruction or damage of the property of these persons or of their relatives, 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 arrest for a term of three to six months, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to three years. 3. Acts provided for in the second part of this Article, and committed by an organized group, with the use of violence that does not endanger the lives of health of said persons, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years. 4. Acts stipulated in the first or second part of this Article, and committed by an organized group, or with the use of violence that endangers the lives and health of said persons, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of three to seven years. Article 310. Disclosure of the Data of a Preliminary Investigation Disclosure of the data of a preliminary investigation, by a person who is warned in the statutory manner that it is impermissible to disclose this information, if this act has been committed without the consent of a procurator, investigator, or a person conducting inquests, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount up to 80 thousand roubles, or in the account 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 two years, or by arrest for a term of up to three months. Article 311. Disclosure of Information About Security Measures Applicable to the Judge and Other Participants in a Criminal Trial 1. Disclosure of information about security measures applicable to a judge, juror, or any other person who takes part in the administration of justice, a bailiff, officer of the court, victim, witness, or other participants in a criminal trial, or applicable to their relatives, if this act has been committed by a person to whom this information has been entrusted or to whom this information has become known in connection with his official activity, 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 two years, or by arrest for a term of up to four months. 2. The same act, that has involved serious consequences, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to five years. Article 312. Illegal Actions Against Property Subjected to Inventory or Attachment, or Confiscation 1. Embezzlement, alienation, concealment, or illegal transfer of assets subjected to inventory or attachment, which has been committed by a person to whom these assets were entrusted, and also the use by an employee of a credit organization of banking operations with frozen funds (deposits), 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 compulsory works for a term of 180 to 240 hours, or by arrest for a term of three to six months, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. 2. Concealment or misappropriation of property subject to confiscation under a court's judgement, and also any other evasion of the execution of the court's sentence that has come into legal force about the confiscation's purpose, shall be punishable by a fine in the amount of 100 thousand to 500 thousand roubles, 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 three 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 month. Article 313. Escape from a Place of Confinement, Arrest, or Custody 1. Escape from a place of confinement, arrest, or custody, committed by a person who is serving a sentence or is imprisoned before trial, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to three years. 2. The same deed committed 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 up to five years. 3. The deeds provided for by Parts One or Two of this Article which are committed with the application of violence posing danger to human life or health, or with the threat of applying such violence, as well as with the use of weapons or articles used as weapons shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to eight years. Article 314. Evasion of a Serving of Deprivation of Liberty Failure to return, by a person convicted to deprivation of liberty, who is permitted to leave his place of confinement for a time, or who is given respite or deferral of punishment, upon the expiry of the term of departure or respite, shall be punishable by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. Article 315. Non-execution of a Court's Judgement, Decision, or any Other Juridical Act Wilful non-execution of the court's judgement, decision, or any other juridical act, and also obstruction of their execution by a representative of the authority, a civil servant, local self-government employee, or employee of a state municipal body or profit-making or any other organization, 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 disqualification to hold specified offices or to engage in specific activities for a term of up to five years, or by compulsory works for a term of 180 to 240 hours, or by arrest for a term of three to six months, or by deprivation of liberty for a term of up to two years. Article 316. Concealment of Crimes Concealment of especially grave crimes, which was not promised in advance, 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 arrest http://visalink-russia.com/criminal-code-russian-federation.html Page 28 of 32