ST. PETERSBURG, June 25. /TASS/. Over 10,000 criminal cases against 2,500 Ukrainian officials and foreign mercenaries have been initiated since 2014, Advisor to the Chairman of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Fyodorov said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPILF).
He also stated that the committee suggests toughening penalties for crimes involving children, particularly for those of a sexual nature.
TASS has compiled the key statements by the Advisor to the Chairman of Russia’s Investigative Committee.
Kiev regime’s crimes
Since 2014, over 10,000 criminal cases have been initiated against almost 2,500 Ukrainian officials, members of radical groups, Ukrainian law enforcement and foreign mercenaries.
The case against 41 representatives of the Kiev regime regarding the genocide of the Donbass population has been sent to court.
Since 2014, over 2.3 million Donbass civilians have been forced to leave their places of permanent residence.
As a result of Ukrainian punitive operations, almost 5,000 people were killed, over 18,500 people were injured, more than 13,500 people suffered injuries, including 1,275 minors.
Protection of military burial sites in the EU
The Investigative Committee has initiated 162 criminal cases over 186 counts of desecration, destruction, or damage of military burial sites, monuments and memorials to Soviet soldiers in 15 EU countries.
A total of 256 foreign citizens were brought to justice in absentia for these crimes.
Investigative Committee’s proposal to amend criminal legislation
The Investigative Committee proposes to toughen penalties for crimes involving children, including those of a sexual nature, by introducing an aggravating circumstance for crimes committed against a child by a parent, a teacher, a medical professional, or a social worker.
Moreover, the Investigative Committee proposes to add a provision, considering the use of artificial intelligence, while committing a crime, as an aggravating factor, to Article 63 of the Russian Criminal Code.
The committee insists again on introducing criminal liability for legal entities, because otherwise extraterritorial criminal prosecution is objectively limited.
Proposals regarding property and assets of defendants
The Investigative Committee proposes to amend Article 115 of Russia’s Criminal Procedural Code by authorizing the immediate seizure of property, which actually belongs to the defendant, but is formally registered in the names of third parties.
Moreover, the committee proposes to continue the search for criminal assets after the end of the criminal investigation or the death of the defendant.
The Investigative Committee’s work
In 15 years of its existence, the Investigative Committee has sent to court around 1.5 million criminal cases against over 1.6 million defendants.
Over this time, Russia’s Investigative Committee has recovered more than 1 trillion rubles for victims and the state in concluded criminal cases and has seized the property of defendants worth 929 billion rubles.
Since 2024, the Investigative Committee has initiated criminal prosecution against 45 judges.
Over the past 15 years, 630,000 Russian officials have been subject to disciplinary action based on investigators’ recommendations to eliminate causes and conditions that contributed to the commission of crimes.
Over the past 15 years, the Investigative Committee has concluded 31,000 tax crime cases, recovering more than 561 billion rubles of unpaid taxes for the state, and additionally seizing property worth over 354 billion rubles.