Yet Another "Classified" Precedent. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Mitigated Punishment under Part 4, Art. 134 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

The article analyzes a fundamental, definitely precedent-setting ruling of the Judicial Collegium on Criminal Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on mitigation of punishment to an 18-year-old young man convicted under Part 4 of Art. 134 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for sexual intercourse with two girls below the age of 16. Theorists and practitioners are especially interested in the multi-tier criminal law mechanism of consecutive application of provisions of the General Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (Part 6 of Art. 15; Part 6.1 of Art. 88 and Art. 96 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), perfect knowledge of which enabled the court to make a fair judgment.