The State Duma of the Russian Federation considered and adopted on first reading a package of bills that toughen penalties for terrorism and extremism, introduced a number of additional restrictions on the pretext of anti-terrorist activities, as well as establish responsibility for international terrorist attack, reports TASS.
Earlier on Friday, May 13, the Cabinet introduced a positive feedback in the package of bills submitted by the lower house of parliament in April this year. The largest public response, we recall, had proposed chairman of the Duma Committee on Security, Irina Spring and Chairman of the Federation Council’s defense committee Viktor Ozerov rate of the expansion of the grounds on which a Russian citizen may be prohibited from leaving the country.
The document suggests that the right to travel may be denied a person who has been declared an official warning about the inadmissibility of actions that create conditions for the commission of terrorist-related crimes, of war and genocide. This prohibition is valid for five years from the date of warning announcement.
The ban on leaving also affect those who will unwithdrawn or outstanding criminal record for committing “conjugated to terrorist activity” at least one of the offenses under articles of the infringement on life of a statesman or public figure, to seize power, forcible detention of power, armed rebellion and (or) extremist crimes.
International terrorism – committing outside Russia of explosions, arson or other actions that threaten the Russians to violate the peaceful coexistence of nations and peoples, or against the interests of Russia, it is proposed to punish with imprisonment up to life, the financing of international terrorism – to 15 years in prison.
For the public calls to terrorist activity or public justification of terrorism on the Internet will face a fine up to 1 million rubles, or up to seven years in prison. Imprisonment for a term of 15 to 20 years old are invited to punish for aiding terrorists. Persons who do not inform the authorities about the preparation or commission of certain crimes, including terrorist attacks, armed insurrection, hostage-taking, can be sentenced to forced labor or imprisonment for a term up to three years, said TASS. The age threshold for liability for intentional crimes of terrorism proposed to reduce up to 14 years.
cellular operators want to make to keep records of calls
Another part of the anti-terrorism package shelf life concerns mobile operators records of calls, text messages and images transmitted by subscribers. Authors of the bill intended to oblige operators to keep records for three years and provide special services on request. The Government of proposed to reduce this time, given the technical possibilities and the telecom operators’ needs law enforcement in detecting, preventing, suppressing, detection and investigation of terrorist crimes and other direction. ” In this specific data retention periods are not specified, but the document states that the government supports the bill, subject to updating by the second reading after the additions of these comments.
Currently, mobile operators keep only the information about subscribers and provide them with services, records of conversations and messages in the list of data storage are not included. This information is transmitted directly to the SORM system security services. In the summer of 2014 the government decree N743 was signed, according to which social networks, websites and public forms of communication are required to connect to equipment and software for the security forces to ensure that the security services automatically receive information about the users, as it comes with SORM.
The new amendments would punish “opposition pictures on the Internet”
Irina Spring, author of the bill, in their speeches, insists that innovation does not violate rights human. Concerning a possible restriction on departure from the Russian people, whom the FSB as being involved in terrorist activities, it recalled that such a measure is already in force “for those on a domestic situations involving, for example, with the debt.” Meanwhile, the number of citizens who have been issued a warning of the FSB, has recently increased almost two times, she said.
Representatives of the Communist Party have criticized the anti-terrorism package, noting that penalties for international terrorism initiatives, the authors suggest a much more severe than for the attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation. In addition, the communists considered it inappropriate to revoke the citizenship of the Russian Federation convicted terrorists that have two or more persons.
Speaking of LDPR deputy Sergei Ivanov said in an even more pronounced “anti-terrorism package”. He argued that “the fight against terrorism bill has nothing to do.” “When all this is being written, the hair stand on end”, – was indignant politician. According to Ivanov, “it would be better to give the money to study our kids language of the country where terrorists can come, and now can not question, do not know the language.” “By and large, by adopting the bill in this form, we will show that the State Duma received a salary for nothing The bill -. Marriage”, – was indignant MP.
The package of bills and criticized human rights activists. The Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) stated that “even security can not be strengthened due to violation of the Constitution.” In the Kremlin the next day after the amendment said they did not hear anything about this document.
In addition, the State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov said , that amendments to the title – “about terrorism, in fact – about the destruction of dissent with the government.” The MP explained that, according to the bill, to prohibit leaving the country will be for “opposition pictures” posted on the Internet.
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