The economic crisis forces authorities to continue to toughen conditions for business. The government is working out amendments to the legislation that criminalize non-payment of insurance premiums to non-budgetary funds.
The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation proposed to add the line ‘premiums’ to the Article 199 point 2 of the RF Criminal Code. Now the article contains information only about ‘taxes.’ The maximum term is 5 years of imprisonment.