Russians will be punished more severely for hooliganism than foreigners, and the holding of sanctions will be justified by "geopolitics". State Duma lawyers saw distortions in the government's new plan to increase fines The legal department of the State Duma, in its review, criticized the government's wide-ranging bill, which doubled the administrative fines according to 29 sections of the Code of Administrative Offenses, "MoD" noted. Parliamentary legal experts have discovered a legal imbalance: economic pressure on Russian citizens will be harder than on immigrants. Russians - up to 2,000, foreigners - up to 1,000. On November 3, Law No. 294-FZ entered into force, according to which the fine for minor hooliganism to foreigners will be 500-1,000 rubles. The new draft of the Cabinet of Ministers proposes to penalize citizens of the Russian Federation for the same thing by 1,000–2,000 rubles. The legal department of the State Duma demanded that this gap be canceled in a second reading. She also criticized other provisions of the bill. "Geopolitics" and the jump in mortality. Fines will also increase for violations in the field of civil defense and emergency situations (Sections 20.6 and 20.7 of the Administrative Code) - the government explains this in terms of "modern geopolitical conditions" and protection against "wartime dangers". To justify this, the writers cite data from the Ministry of Emergency Situations: in the first half of 2026 alone, 20 large-scale emergencies occurred in Israel, in which 91 people were killed - and in all of 2025 there were 104 casualties. "Inflation ate the punishment. In the explanatory note, officials also note that the sanctions on public order have not changed since 2012, and on the distribution of "extremist materials" (Section 20.29 of the Administrative Code) - since 2007. Fixed amounts have become worthless since the inflation spike in 2022, so the original increase is called the "original debt increase". The article about "defaming the army" (Section 20.3.3 of the Law on Administrative Offenses) was also attacked - there were slightly fewer reports on it (1,193 in 2025 compared to 1,719 in 2024), but the fines for it will also increase. A fine pays more than a guarantee.

Russians will be punished more severely for hooliganism than foreigners, and the holding of sanctions will be justified by "geopolitics". State Duma lawyers saw distortions in the government's new plan to increase fines The legal department of the State Duma, in its review, criticized the government's wide-ranging bill, which doubled the administrative fines according to 29 sections of the Code of Administrative Offenses, "MoD" noted. Parliamentary legal experts have discovered a legal imbalance: economic pressure on Russian citizens will be harder than on immigrants. Russians - up to 2,000, foreigners - up to 1,000. On November 3, Law No. 294-FZ entered into force, according to which the fine for minor hooliganism to foreigners will be 500-1,000 rubles. The new draft of the Cabinet of Ministers proposes to penalize citizens of the Russian Federation for the same thing by 1,000–2,000 rubles. The legal department of the State Duma demanded that this gap be canceled in a second reading. She also criticized other provisions of the bill. "Geopolitics" and the jump in mortality. Fines will also increase for violations in the field of civil defense and emergency situations (Sections 20.6 and 20.7 of the Administrative Code) - the government explains this in terms of "modern geopolitical conditions" and protection against "wartime dangers". To justify this, the writers cite data from the Ministry of Emergency Situations: in the first half of 2026 alone, 20 large-scale emergencies occurred in Israel, in which 91 people were killed - and in all of 2025 there were 104 casualties. "Inflation ate the punishment. In the explanatory note, officials also note that the sanctions on public order have not changed since 2012, and on the distribution of "extremist materials" (Section 20.29 of the Administrative Code) - since 2007. Fixed amounts have become worthless since the inflation spike in 2022, so the original increase is called the "original debt increase". The article about "defaming the army" (Section 20.3.3 of the Law on Administrative Offenses) was also attacked - there were slightly fewer reports on it (1,193 in 2025 compared to 1,719 in 2024), but the fines for it will also increase. A fine pays more than a guarantee.