“We have created a department to combat coronavirus-related crime.
It is gradually gaining momentum.
58 criminal cases are already in the proceedings of this department, ”TASS quotes him.
As Bastrykin noted at the international youth legal forum, it is necessary to think about the role of law in a pandemic and how it can contribute to the fight against this “global evil”.
In August, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, speaking about the level of crime during the pandemic, noted that "against the background of a difficult socio-economic situation, network extremism has become a significant threat."