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Teka Commission of Legal Sciences Polish Academy of Sciences Branch in Lublin

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2026)

Articles

Crimes Against Freedom of Conscience and Religion in the Light of the Russian Criminal Code

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32084/tkp.10675  [Google Scholar]
Published: 2026-06-30

Abstract

The paper is of a scientific and research nature. The purpose of this paper is to show the scope of protection of the freedom of conscience and religion under the 1996 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. It discusses the crimes regulated in Section VII of that law titled “Crimes against the individual,” in its Chapter 19 titled “Crimes against constitutional rights and freedoms of man and citizen”. For the purposes of this publication, the following thesis was adopted: “The scope of protection of freedom of conscience and religion provided for in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of 1996 is broad”. The method used was dogmatic analysis, i.e. of the CCRF, as well as analysis of literature (legal literature). The analyses carried out made it possible to conclude that the scope of criminal-law protection of freedom of conscience and religion in Russia is broad, but needs to be changed.

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