MOSCOW, March 10 At its plenary session on Thursday, the State Duma adopted a resolution on giving consent to the transfer to the court of a criminal case on illegal hunting against Deputy Valery Rashkin (KPRF). Earlier, the State Duma Commission on Control over Income and Expenditure and Mandatory Issues submitted a draft resolution to the Duma for permission to send the criminal case against Rashkin to court. The politician himself expressed the hope that everything would be limited to a fine. to send a criminal case against State Duma deputy V.F. Rashkin (KPRF) to court,» the text of the document reads. weapon, butchered the carcass and put it in the trunk of the car. He was caught, already leaving the scene of the crime. Rashkin was charged under part 2 of article 258 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation — «Illegal hunting by a group of persons by prior agreement.» As required by law, the case was personally initiated by the chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin — only he has the right to prosecute State Duma deputies and senators. This crime is punishable either by a fine of up to a million rubles or in the amount of the salary of the convicted person for three to five years, or by imprisonment for three to five years. Additionally, the convict may be deprived of the right to hold certain positions for up to three years. «: Zhirinovsky gave Rashkin a book about animals
