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The Russian government has supported a bill to tighten the administrative responsibility for the drunk drivers, introduced by the State Duma in November 2012.
According to this document, the drunk driver, who became responsible for an accident with two or more victims, can be imprisoned for up to nine years — and driver\’s license for up to 15 years. It is simply offered for drunkenness driving license suspension for up to seven years. Re driving under the influence of alcohol will be punished by a fine of 50000 rubles, and the deprivation of a driving license for a period of 10-15 years.
The bill does not involve the strengthening of criminal liability for accidents with victims, but proposes to increase the period of deprivation of rights for such incidents. In particular, in addition to imprisonment, drunk drivers for accidents victims could be excluded for up to seven years, with the death of one person — to ten years, and two or more — and 15.
Generally supported the bill, the Russian government to make a few comments. In particular, the document states that the drunk driver who does not have rights, can be fined and stripped of his driver\’s license for up to ten years. According to the government, this provision of the bill requires an adjustment, «because it implies that for the criminal responsibility of the person who drives a motor vehicle while intoxicated, should be deprived of the right to drive a vehicle and at the same time not have that right.»
Furthermore, the authorities pointed to the lack in the bill the term «maximum permitted content of alcohol in the body,» even though the document implies a differentiated penalties for drunk driving, depending on the degree of intoxication.