In Russia, growth has slowed down the number of sentences for corruption – RBC

The Chairman of the Russian Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev Photo: Mikhail Metzel / TASS

The Russian slowed growth in the number of sentences for corruption crimes, last year the number of convictions has increased by 4-5%, while in 2014 the increase was from 13 to 25%

The Chairman of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev at the seminar-meeting of heads of courts on Tuesday, February 16 announced the statistics of the judicial system for 2015.

The number of those convicted of accepting a bribe rose by 5% compared with the year before last and was 1.8 thousand .., and the number sentenced for bribery – by 4% (. 5 thousand people)

a year earlier, statistics showed a strong growth of corruption crimes: for example, by 13% in 2014. The increase in the number of convicts for accepting a bribe, and a quarter (25%) increased the number of those sentenced for bribery. Over the past year the number of convictions has increased significantly.

Lebedev noted that half of all crimes committed civil servants and municipal employees, and in 57% of cases involved bribes to 10 thousand. Rub.

Chief Justice said that worked out an initiative to introduce into the Criminal Code a separate part for small corruption. We are talking about crimes in which the amount of bribes does not exceed 10 thousand. Rub.

At the end of January, the head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov proposed to withdraw the case of bribes to 10 thousand. Rub. in a separate offense. He explained that the majority of such bribes, and therefore the statistics of combating corruption “blown».

For the first time Lebedev announced the idea in June 2015. He specified that the investigation of such crimes can not deal with the investigators, and the investigators and magistrates to consider. Now all corruption cases to investigate the investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia, and they are considered in district courts

Separately, the Chief Justice noted that the introduction as punishment for corruption crimes multiple penalties proved to be ineffective:. Condemned them reluctant to pay. To date, only paid 13% of all assigned penalties. He therefore proposed to have the appointment of a sentence to indicate how long the imprisonment should be sent to corrupt the colony, if he does not pay the fine.

In all, according to Lebedev, in 2015 the courts issued convictions against more 750 thousand. man, another 4 thousand. people were acquitted. More than half of these cases have made things a little gravity, said the chairman of Sun For crimes of terrorist orientation were convicted 500 people – almost eight times more than in 2014, when this type of case were convicted of all 63 people

According to the lawyer Alexei Mikhalchik, reduced sentences growth of corruption. cases may be due to the fact that the security forces began to work softer after a prosecution were employees of a anti-corruption management and PC GUEB General Denis Sugrobov and his subordinates. Sugrobova and Co. charged 13 falsification of criminal cases, their process is being held in the Moscow City Court.

 “This control provides good detection of crimes, but now say that their methods were provocations. Therefore, law enforcement officers took a waiting stance, began to work more carefully, “- says Mikhalchik.