RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to the Cabinet's review.

It says that the introduction into the Code of special regulation of prohibitions on approaching the victim may lead to conflicts with the mechanisms already established by law to suppress such actions.

For this reason, the government did not support the bill as presented.

In June 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that raises the age for purchasing hunting and smooth-bore long-barreled weapons to 21 years.