Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 20.03.2003

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation of March 19, 2003 on the Case of Constitutionality of the Provisions of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation Regulating Legal Consequences of the Criminal History of a Person, Recurrent Crimes, As Well As Items 1-8 of the Decision of the State Duma of May 26, 2000 on the Amnesty in View of the 55th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 Pursuant to the Request of the Ostankino Intermunicipal (Regional) Court of the City of Moscow and Appeals of a Number of Citizens

According to the applicants, the challenged norms of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation permit for a recurrence of the criminal responsibility for one and the same crime, which is expressed in the enhanced punishment because of the presence of an unnerved or suspended sentence with a person and in double responsibility of the very fact of available criminal history - as a qualifying sing of corpus delicti and an aggravating circumstance, which is in violation of the principle of equality of all in the face of the law.
The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation recognised as not contradicting the Constitution of the Russian Federation the provisions of Articles 16, 18, 68, Item "m" of Part 2 of Article 105, Item "c" of Part 3 of Article 111 and Item "c" of Part 3 of Article 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation inasmuch as they pertain to the regulation of the qualification of crimes and assigning punishments in the presence of an unnerved or suspended sentence with a person having committed this crime, including the cases of recurrent crimes, since the mentioned provisions do not permit for a repeated conviction and punishment for the crime already sentenced, as well as a double responsibility for the available criminal history simultaneously when qualifying the crime and assigning the punishment.
In this case, the federal legislator may fix another regulation of the criminal history, numerous or recurrent crimes and their criminal and legal consequences.
Proceedings pertaining to the constitutionality of Part 2 of Article 86 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Items 1-8 of the mentioned Decision of the State Duma are terminated.
The Decision is entered into force immediately after annunciation.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 159 of March 17, 2003 on the Amendments to the Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 240 of February 21, 1998

Members of the Presidium and employees of the office of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences shall get monthly supplement for the labour complexity, intensity and high achievements in the amount of 50% to 100% of the salary for the position (earlier, up to 50%). The Decision specifies that labour remuneration funds for the Russian Academy of Sciences in excess of resources allocated for the salaries for the position envisage resources (as annual figure) to pay out the monthly supplement for the labour complexity, intensity and high achievements in the amount of 8.5 salaries for the position (earlier, 2.5).
The Decision is entered into force from January 1, 2003.

Decision of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 158 of March 17, 2003 on the Additional Financing in 2003 of Expenses Pertaining to the Tied Medical Aid Rendered to Non-Working Pensioners

The tied medical aid is rendered to non-working (low-income) pensioners that do not have a source of incomes from works under labour contracts, civil contracts, authors' contracts and not engaged in entrepreneurial activities and get labour old-age pensions under the Law on labour pensions in the Russian Federation
The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation allocates resources to its territorial funds proceeding from up to Rbl 525 per pensioner, provided the bodies of executive power of the subjects of the Russian Federation pay contributions for obligatory medical insurance of non-working pensioners

Direction of the Central Bank of Russia No. 1247-U of February 10, 2003 on the Invalidation of Individual Normative Acts of the Bank of Russia

Pursuant to the adoption of the Regulation of the Bank of Russia No. 215-P of February 10, 2003 on the method of calculation of own resources (capital) of credit organisations invalidates the homonymous Regulation of the Bank of Russia No. 159-P of November 26, 2001 with amendments.
The Direction is entered into force 10 days after the day of its official publication in the Herald of the Bank of Russia.