By Vestnik KavkazaAmendments to the Criminal Code came into force in May. They strengthen punishment for “telephone terrorism”. False messages about terrorist threats seriously influence the work of state bodies and transport and cause tension in society. False messages about terrorist acts lead to the disturbance of law-enforcement agencies and huge financial losses. Evacuating a Moscow railway station costs more than 400 thousand rubles. And this is only evacuation, not counting damage and lost profit by commercial structures or passengers. The information was presented by Sergei Knigin, the head of an FSB subdepartment, who commented on the law adopted by the State Duma and signed by the president.According to Knigin, the security structures and the internal affairs bodies detect and capture almost 90% of people who are involved in false messages about terrorist attacks, but the soft sanctions of the previous version couldn’t prevent these crimes. “Soft punishments encourage recidivism of people who are involved in the crime. The criminal is not only a real supporter of terrorism, but also the promoter of a dangerous social phenomenon. By the way, working on the project, we looked at foreign experience. For example, in Azerbaijan a criminal can be sentenced to prison for 8 years for the crime. In the USA – for 50 years. In South Korea an anonymous caller has to compensate the maximum damage for his false call. The best example is a result of cooperation with our Azerbaijani partners. One internet user published a video address of a threat to commit a terrorist attack on the Moscow metro. The video received a serious negative social assessment. We managed to detect the place where the anonymous person was situated. The video was recorded on the territory of the Azerbaijani Republic. We informed our colleagues. Joint work with them enabled us to detect him and arrest him. His criminal activity was recorded and, according to Azerbaijani law, he was sentenced to prison for 5.5 years.”
Telephone terrorists to be imprisoned
By Vestnik KavkazaAmendments to the Criminal Code came into force in May. They strengthen punishment for “telephone terrorism”. False messages about terrorist threats seriously influence the work of state bodies and transport and cause tension in society. False messages about terrorist acts lead to the disturbance of law-enforcement agencies and huge financial losses. Evacuating a Moscow railway station costs more than 400 thousand rubles. And this is only evacuation, not counting damage and lost profit by commercial structures or passengers. The information was presented by Sergei Knigin, the head of an FSB subdepartment, who commented on the law adopted by the State Duma and signed by the president.According to Knigin, the security structures and the internal affairs bodies detect and capture almost 90% of people who are involved in false messages about terrorist attacks, but the soft sanctions of the previous version couldn’t prevent these crimes. “Soft punishments encourage recidivism of people who are involved in the crime. The criminal is not only a real supporter of terrorism, but also the promoter of a dangerous social phenomenon. By the way, working on the project, we looked at foreign experience. For example, in Azerbaijan a criminal can be sentenced to prison for 8 years for the crime. In the USA – for 50 years. In South Korea an anonymous caller has to compensate the maximum damage for his false call. The best example is a result of cooperation with our Azerbaijani partners. One internet user published a video address of a threat to commit a terrorist attack on the Moscow metro. The video received a serious negative social assessment. We managed to detect the place where the anonymous person was situated. The video was recorded on the territory of the Azerbaijani Republic. We informed our colleagues. Joint work with them enabled us to detect him and arrest him. His criminal activity was recorded and, according to Azerbaijani law, he was sentenced to prison for 5.5 years.”
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