The lawyer explained why the stalker in Moscow can be punished for theft, and not for stalking.
Muscovy Ruslan M., who followed his ex-girlfriend Anna for about a year, got involved in a criminal case only after stealing CCTV cameras. As lawyer Vadim Bagaturia told IA Regnum, there is no separate article for surveillance in Russia, so the surveillance itself is not grounds for criminal punishment.
"There is no such crime as stalking or stalking in the criminal law of Russia. Our legislation does not contain a prohibition to approach a certain radius, as we can see in Western movies."
- explained the lawyer.
According to Bagtoria, a prolonged persecution may become a reason for a forensic psychiatric examination, but not for a harsher punishment for theft. Anna also has the right to demand compensation for moral damage.