Article 113. Application of tortures
Causing of a physical pain or mental sufferings to detained persons or persons, or other restrictions of
freedom –
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from seven up to ten years.
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Article 114. Mercenary
114.1. Recruitment, training, financing and other material maintenance of mercenaries, as well as their use
in a confrontation or military operations –
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from four up to eight years.
114.2. The same acts accomplished by a person with use of service position or concerning a minor –
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from eight up to fifteen years.
114.3. Participation of a mercenary in a confrontation or military operations –
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from three up to eight years.
NOTE: 1. The acts provided by the present chapter, committed in connection with planning, preparation,
implementation of military operations as well as in international, and at internal confrontations, shall be
admitted as war crimes.
2. The persons who are working with a view of reception of material compensation and not citizens of the
state, participating in a confrontation or military operations, do not live constantly on its territory, and also
persons not directed for execution of official duties shall be admitted as mercenaries.
Article 115. Infringement of laws and customs of war
115.1. Mitigation of captured and other persons protected by the international humanitarian right to serve in
armed forces of the party which have taken them in a captivity, and also compulsion of enemy state citizens
to participate in a military operations directed against the country –
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from two up to five years.
115.2. Application to a persons provided in article 115.1 of the present Code, tortures, severe or brutal
manipulation with them, implementation of medical, biological and other researches, including withdrawal of
bodies for transplantation, and also their use as a barrier for protection of armies or objects, or maintenance
as hostages, as well as attraction of civilians to forced hard labor or compulsory moving from places of a
lawful settlement for other purposes –
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from five up to ten years.
115.3. The acts provided by articles 115.1 and 115.2 of the present Code, entailed to death of persons or
causing of heavy harm to their health –
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from ten up to fifteen years.
115.4. Deliberate murder of persons provided in article 115.1 of the present Code –
shall be punished by imprisonment for the term from twelve up to fifteen years or life imprisonment
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