MOSCOW, Apr 4The Kremlin will be able to comment on the amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on punishment for the implementation of anti-Russian sanctions on the territory of Russia, when the full text of the document and specific wording are available, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation. Earlier, Andrei Klishas, chairman of the Federation Council committee on constitutional legislation, wrote in his Telegram channel that the State Duma on Monday will amend the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on punishment for the implementation of anti-Russian sanctions on the territory of Russia. He wrote that the senators and their colleagues from the State Duma have completed work on the amendments and are counting on their prompt consideration in the lower house of parliament.07:44 BC supported proposals on responsibility for the implementation of sanctions in Russia «We traditionally do not comment when work is underway in the Duma. Let's first have a text, then it will go to the president, then it will be possible to say something … Let's wait until there is a text , when there are specific wordings, then we will be able to talk about it,» Peskov said, answering a question from journalists whether the Kremlin is familiar with the amendments to the Criminal Code on punishment for the implementation of anti-Russian sanctions, whether they support the initiative. Peskov noted that it should not be allowed » in our country, the use of restrictions, which are called sanctions, with the legality of which we categorically disagree. «According to him, the initiative is aimed, among other things, at protecting businesses that have come under Western sanctions. «Some business is tearing up, some business that is under sanctions, on the contrary, it is not tearing up, it will support it, because it is in the interests of those who fell under sanctions. This is aimed at protecting them,» Peskov added. 
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