Murder (Russian law)

For a general discussion of the law of murder, see murder.

According to the modern Russian Criminal Code, only intentional killing of another human considered as a murder (Russian убийство). The following types of murder are defined:

a) against two or more persons;
b) against person on public duty or their relatives;
c) killing of hostage, kidnapped or helpless person;
d) killing of pregnant;
e) committed in a cruel way;
f) committed in a socially dangerous way;
g) motivated by a blood feud (vendetta);
h) committed by a group of persons, a group of persons under a preliminary conspiracy, or an organized group;
i) for a profit, including contract killing, or connected with a robbery, extort or banditry;
j) with a rowdy motive;
k) to cover or secure another crime,
l) connected with a rape or sexual assault;
m) hate crime;
n) with the view to use organs or tissues of victim.

There are some other articles of criminal code, that provide special punishment for crimes connected with intentional kills:

- punished with a sentence between 15 and 20 years, or life.

- punished with a sentence between 12 and 20 years, life sentence, or death penalty.

Separately considered actions that cause unpremeditated death of another person:

Assault that has no purpose to kill, but causes a death of victim, formally is not considered as a murder, but punishment for it almost not distinguished from common murder (art. 111 part 4 provides punishment with a sentence between 5 and 15 years, so only lower limit of punishment slightly easier).

Article 110 of the criminal code also provides punishment for driving a person to suicide (by blackmail, threats or cruelty).

Murder (or its qualified types listed above) is only reason for the death penalty in modern Russia. From 2 February 1999 till 1 January 2010 a moratorium on the death penalty is in effect, with life sentence used instead.

References

http://legislationline.org/documents/section/criminal-codes/country/7/

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