MOSCOW, April 25 The draft law on foreign agents submitted to the State Duma by senators and deputies does not provide for new sanctions , they are already in the criminal and administrative codes, Andrey Klimov, head of the Federation Council commission for the protection of the state sovereignty of the Russian Federation, said. /2022/04/54e1215e720c876e6654dd3ec22fc692.jpg» />15:53 A draft law on clarifying the legal status of a foreign agent was submitted to the State Duma»We have been developing this topic for 10 years. Now there is a need to streamline (everything),» Klimov said at a commission meeting on Monday. He stressed that «the bill itself does not imply any new sanctions, they are already reflected in the administrative and criminal codes.» According to the legislator, it is necessary to make a convenient application of these definitions, decide and processes that occur in gray areas. The senator noted that the document provides for a more convenient application of all the norms that exist in the legislation.
