The Law of the Republic of Crimea “On prevention of offences in the Republic of Crimea” is adopted in second reading

The bill introduced by the Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea Natalia Polonskaya, has been adopted at the extraordinary session of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea on August 8, 2014.

The Head of the Parliament of the Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov said that such laws have been adopted and successfully implemented in a number of subjects of the Russian Federation: the Republic of Tatarstan, Voronezh, Kirov, Novgorod regions, in St. Petersburg.

The law determines the main directions of crime prevention:

prevention of terrorist activities;

prevention of extremist activities, the prevention of racial, ethnic and religious discrimination;

prevention of inter-national (ethnic) conflicts;

security in houses and infrastructure facilities;

protection of objects of cultural heritage, social sphere, public transport;

improvement of the regulatory framework in this sphere.