Anti-corruption legal education: Punishment for bribery and mediation in bribery
Bribery mediation, that is, the direct transfer of a bribe on behalf of the bribe-giver or bribe-taker, or other assistance to the bribe-giver and (or) the bribe-taker in achieving or implementing an agreement between them on receiving and giving a bribe.
Punishment for mediation in bribery (Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation):
a fine of up to 3 million rubles or in the amount of the salary or other income of a person convicted for a period of up to 3 years or in the amount of up to eighty times the amount of a bribe with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to 7 years or without it;
imprisonment for up to 12 years, with or without a fine of up to seventy times the amount of a bribe and with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to 7 years or without it.
Punishment for petty bribery (Article 291.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), namely, for receiving, giving a bribe personally or through an intermediary in an amount not exceeding 10 thousand rubles:
a fine of up to 1 million rubles or in the amount of the salary or other income of the convicted person for a period of up to 1 year;
correctional labor for up to 3 years;
restriction of freedom for up to 4 years;
imprisonment for up to 3 years.
A person who has given a bribe or has committed mediation in bribery is released from criminal liability if he actively contributed to the disclosure, investigation and (or) suppression of the crime, or in relation to him there was an extortion of a bribe by an official, or the person voluntarily reported to the body after committing a crime , who has the right to initiate a criminal case on this fact.
The Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation provides for administrative liability for illegal remuneration on behalf of or in the interests of a legal entity (Article 19.28 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation).
These acts entail the imposition of an administrative fine on legal entities in the amount of up to a hundredfold amount of money, the cost of securities, other property, property services, other property rights, illegally transferred or provided, or promised or offered on behalf of the legal entity, but not less than one million rubles with confiscation of money, securities, other property or the cost of property services, other property rights.