Russian Federation

The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

General Part

Section II. Crime

Chapter 7. Complicity in a Crime

Article 34. The Responsibility of Accomplices in a Crime

1. The responsibility of accomplices in a crime shall be determined by the character and the degree of the actual participation of each of them in the commission of the crime.

2. Co-perpetrators shall be answerable under the Article of the Special Part of this Code for a
crime committed by them jointly, without reference to Article 33 of this Code.

3. The criminal responsibility of an organizer, instigator, and accessory shall ensue under the Article that provides for punishment for the crime committed, with reference to Article 33 of this Code, except for in cases when they simultaneously were co-perpetrators of the crime.

4. A person who is not a participant in a crime specially indicated in the respective Article of the Special Part of this Code and who has taken part in the commission of the crime, stipulated by this Article, shall bear criminal responsibility for the given offence as its organizer, instigator, or accessory.

5. If the perpetrator of a crime fails to carry out this crime owing to circumstances beyond his control, then the rest of the co-perpetrators shall bear criminal responsibility for preparations for a crime or attempted crime. A person who has not managed to abet other persons in commiting a crime owing to circumstances, beyond his control shall also bear criminal responsibility for preparations for the crime. .

Keywords

Abetting
Aiding
Assisting
Commission through another person
Inducing
Ordering
Providing means
Soliciting



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