The initiative of the day: Volodin proposed to punish for calls to comply with the decision of the ICC

He made this initiative at a meeting on the preparation of amendments to the legislation of the Russian Federation, providing for a ban on the activities of the ICC in the country.

"The relevant committees of the State Duma are preparing amendments to the Federal Law "On Security", which will prohibit the activities of the International Criminal Court and international bodies directed against the Russian Federation and its citizens on our territory. We are also talking about the introduction of a ban on public calls for the execution of their decisions and cooperation with them", - Volodin said, quoted by the Telegram channel of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

He added that the amendments proposed to empower the President of Russia to protect Russians in the event of decisions by international organizations that contradict the legislation of the Russian Federation. The Chairman of the State Duma expressed the opinion that it is necessary to introduce criminal liability for such crimes.

"It is necessary to provide for criminal liability for these crimes. To this end, proposals are being prepared to introduce norms on punishment in the form of fines and imprisonment into the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes", - he added.

It is noted that the meeting was attended by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Irina Yarovaya, Chairman of the Security Committee Vasily Piskarev, Chairman of the Defense Committee Andrey Kartapolov.