4. A punishment heavier than one prescribed for a committed offense in a relevant article of
the Special Part of this Code may be imposed pursuant to Articles 70 and 71 of this Code in
case of cumulative offenses and cumulative sentencing.
Article 66. Circumstances mitigating punishment
1. For the purposes of imposing a punishment, the following circumstances shall be deemed
to be mitigating:
(1) surrender, sincere repentance or actively assistance in detecting the offense;
(2) voluntary compensation of losses or repairing of damages;
(3) the commission of an offense by a minor;
(4) the commission of an offense by a pregnant woman;
(5) the commission of an offense in consequence of a train of adverse personal, family
or other circumstances;
(6) the commission of an offense under influence of threats, coercion or financial,
official or other dependence;
(7) the commission of an offense under influence of strong excitement raised by
improper or immoral actions of the victim;
(8) the commission of an offense in excess of necessary defense;
(9) undertaking a special mission to prevent or uncover criminal activities of an
organized group or criminal organization, where this has involved committing an
offense in any such case as provided for by this Code;
2. When imposing a punishment, a court may find circumstances, other than those specified in
paragraph 1 of this Article, to be mitigating.
3. If any of the mitigating circumstances is specified in an article of the Special Part of this
Code as an element of an offense, that affects its treatment, a court shall not take it into
consideration again as a mitigating circumstance when imposing a punishment.
Article 67. Circumstances aggravating punishment
1. For the purposes of imposing a punishment, the following circumstances shall be deemed
to be aggravating:
(1) repetition of an offense or recidivism;
(2) the commission of an offense by a group of persons upon prior conspiracy
(paragraph 2 or 3 of Article 28);
(3) the commission of an offense based on racial, national or religious enmity and
hostility;
(4) the commission of an offense in connection with the discharge of official or public
duty by the victim;
(5) grave consequences caused by the offense;