Law enforcement officers are so carried away by the witch hunt in the world of telegram channels that…

Law enforcement officers are so carried away by the witch hunt in the world of telegram channels that in the war that is unleashed, everything is used, including the vicious practice of misinterpretation and application of criminal law norms. Indeed, when interpreting the current criminal law, it becomes obvious that
the construction that the law enforcer, represented by law enforcement agencies, is actively trying to introduce into judicial practice on charges of extorting a person for providing services to control reputational risks, looks more than absurd and in no way correlates with the objective side of Art. 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, because extortion in its original understanding is a requirement,
put forward by the extortionist for selfish purposes.

Namely, thanks to the use of this structure, which distorts the law, over the past two years, law enforcement officers have sent more than a dozen people to prison on “telegram cases” with monstrous sentences. Law enforcement officers use the interpretation of 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in their favor, neglecting the existing conditions of the threat.

The work to soften the criminal code of the Russian Federation was announced already in January by the Chairman of the Federation Council, Vlentina Matvienko. This is precisely the instruction the president gave when summing up
“Results of the year”, with a request to evaluate the severity of punishment for economic crimes.