10 terrible facts about the Yarovaya package

The Yarovaya law, also called the Yarovaya package, was adopted in July 2016. The name of the law came from the name of its creator - Irina Yarova - in the circles of public discussions and the media. The package consists of two laws that increase the punishment against terrorism. The Russian law caused a great resonance and noise among the population.

By the way, Irina Yarovaya, who was born in the small town of Makeevka, Donetsk region on October 17, 1966, is today a deputy and a member of the party "United Russia"Since 2007. Her personality gained fame for the creation of projects that cause an unprecedented resonance, including “Yarovaya package "... Below are ten facts about this project, which has become very famous. You may be interested in article 10 facts about Alexey Navalny.

1. Appearance of the package

Deputies of the State Duma, together with Irina Yarova, in whose honor she is called "Package", in April 2016, they developed laws that greatly toughen the punishment for crimes related to terrorism. The project came into effect on July 7, 2016, when Russian President Vladimir Putin signed it. But later, after its adoption, amendments were made to it.

2. Control of citizens

The population of Russia was informed that, starting from July 1, 2018, for six months, all listened and recorded calls, saved images, video and audio recordings in messages, text messages will be stored in the archives of operators. People were also warned that tariff prices would most likely be forced to double, perhaps even triple, since it would take more than two trillion rubles to preserve this information.

3. Tight control of social networks

Now, a user of social networks will not be able to publish on his page a post related to the propaganda of terrorism, an appeal for it, just like that with impunity. For one post there is a high probability of going to jail, and for several years (maximum seven). This tightening is associated not only with social networks, but in general: a person engaged in the propaganda of terrorism can get a long time.

4. Increased level of punishment for terrorism

The first thing worth noting is “Yarovaya package " provides that now a person upon reaching the age of 14 bears full responsibility for the commission of any terrorist acts. For this kind of crime, the term of imprisonment was more than doubled.

5. Punishment for silence

According to the requirements of the accepted "Package»Citizens are obliged to report that a person is about to commit a terrorist act or has already committed it. Failure to report a crime is now also considered a crime, in a sense even more serious.

After all, if the criminal is not taken, the terrorist attacks will continue, from which tens, hundreds of people will suffer. Therefore, it is impossible to be silent in any case. For this they can even give one year of imprisonment.

6. Parcel control

Now every parcel passing through "Russian Post"Will be forced to check. This was done so that no weapons, money and various drugs could be sent to any point in the country. Moreover, operators are responsible for checking the parcels and postage envelopes, and they must do this on their own.

7. New clauses in the Criminal Code of Russia

New clauses were introduced into the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, among which there was a strong toughening of punishment for terrorist acts involving Russian people who were injured or killed in it, even if it happened abroad, and the punishment for joining and participating in special terrorist groups was also toughened.

8. Meetings

Not all citizens of the Russian Federation calmly put up with the signing by Vladimir Putin "Yarovaya Law". Demonstrations and rallies took place across the country on July 26, 2016 in large Russian cities - in Ufa, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Volgograd, Barnaul and Kurgan. The largest rally took place in Novosibirsk, which was attended by about two hundred residents of this city.

9. Missionary activity

Now in "Yarovaya package"There was such a term as missionary activity. In the established points, the interests of the missionaries were limited. For example, now, in order to carry out missionary activities, missionaries need special permission, and in residential buildings it is prohibited to carry out such activities.

10. Opening the secret corners of the Internet

All information on prohibited sites must be decrypted at the request of the FSB. And Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the FSB two weeks to approve the procedure for encrypting sites on the network. And those site owners who refuse this procedure will be fined up to a million rubles.