“Therefore, I believe that we need to supplement Article 141 of the Criminal Code of Russia with new qualifying compounds.
It is necessary to tighten punishments for those who try to interfere with the holding of elections by arson or other generally dangerous means,” Lantratova believes.
According to her, those who act on instructions or in the interests of a foreign state should bear more severe responsibility.
“In such cases, it is necessary to set high terms of imprisonment - from five to eight years.
My faction colleagues and I will prepare and submit a corresponding bill in the coming days.
It must be prepared as soon as possible so that there is time for consideration and adoption before the next elections, which, in our opinion, should be held according to the new rules,” the parliamentarian concluded.
Earlier, the capital branch of the Russian Investigative Committee announced the initiation of a criminal case after the arson of a voting booth in the south-east of Moscow.