52 convicts released under economic crime amnesty in Russia
52 convicts have already been released from Russian colonies in accordance with the recently passed economic crime amnesty.
Earlier, Presidential Plenipotentiary at the State Duma of the Russian Federation Garry Minkh said that approximately 3k convicts must be amnestied.
On July 2, 2013 the bill on economic crime amnesty was approved by the State Duma and will be executed over the next six months.
The resolution releases from criminal liability, regardless of the designated prison term, individuals convicted or held liable under 27 articles of the Criminal Code related to business activities. For the amnesty to take effect, a suspect or a convict has to return the property or compensate the damages to the complainants.
The amnesty applies not only to individuals serving prison terms but also persons who received non-custodial or suspended sentences or were convicted on parole.
Talk of a financial amnesty emerged after business rights ombudsman Boris Titov pleaded with the Duma to release 111k entrepreneurs from prison. He said many were pressured into breaking the law by flawed and overly strict financial regulations.
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