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Governors and mayors going to jail for embezzlement on PR

Губернаторов и мэров отправят за решетку за растраты на пиар

The Russian Cabinet of Ministers supported the idea of introducing criminal liability of heads of regions for embezzlement on your PR. In addition, the government proposes to extend the punishment of mayors.

Feedback on the project on Monday tentatively approved at the meeting of the government Commission on legislative activities, the newspaper “Vedomosti”, officially it needs to be approved on Thursday, April 21.

The document, proposed by co-Chairman of the Central headquarters of the onf Olga Timofeeva and Mikhail Degtyarev, Alexander Yushchenko and Alexander Surkovym, suggests to punish officials for costs over 1.5 million rubles aimed at informing the public about their activities. Under the bill, perpetrators face a fine up to 500 thousand rubles or imprisonment for a period of five long years.

It is worth noting that the government already gave feedback on this document in October of last year, offering to replace criminal responsibility for administration and at the same insisted and the Supreme court, resemble “Vedomosti”. But deputies have submitted a draft to the state Duma again, leaving unchanged.

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