“Izvestia”: the Federation Council offers a separate punishment for domestic violence – BBC

"Izvestia": the Federation Council offers a separate punishment for domestic violence – BBC

Senator Anton Belyakov will make an amendment to the Criminal Code, include a specific crime of the concept of “domestic violence”, write «News» .

The amendments imply greater responsibility for convicts for intentional infliction of bodily harm, beatings and torture, if the offender attacked their relatives or former relatives.

According to the present law for these crimes relies two years’ imprisonment, the senator also offers plant for domestic violence three years.

«Now the woman or an elderly person does not have the ability to not only physically protect themselves from domestic violence, but also find support in law

enforcement. They themselves should go to a magistrate and to prove that they had been bullied. Therefore, while the family tyrants in Europe, USA, China and most of the world pay multimillion-dollar fines and victims fall into places of detention in Russia, domestic violence remains largely unpunished “, – explained the need for stricter punishments Senator.

Belyakov said that domestic violence “high latency” – the victims are often afraid to go to the police for fear of reprisals.