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Criminal Code of Russia
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<p>The Russian Criminal Code is the prime source of the <a href="/facts/Law_of_the_Russian_Federation/fQUDxYkg">Law of the Russian Federation</a> concerning criminal offences. The 1996 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (UGKRF) came into force on 1 January 1997. The new Criminal Code replaced the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet</a> analogue of 1960. The main changes deal with <a href="/facts/Economic_crime/VLGofqKl">economic crimes</a> and <a href="/facts/Property_crime/M22IugyR">property crimes</a>. Most of the other chapters were already amended to correspond to new Russian realities. </p><p>On 8 January 1997, President <a href="/facts/Boris_Yeltsin/I8Ktypjs">Yeltsin</a> <a href="/facts/Sign_into_law/4l6xGHIh">signed</a> the Criminal Correctional Code to regulate the conditions of the sentences. The first Criminal Procedural Code was enacted on 18 December 2001; it has subsequently been amended. </p>