The Government sent a negative response to the draft law on criminal liability for legal entities elaborated by the Investigation Committee of Russia

Alexander Bolomatov, Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", explained to the Vedomosti newspaper that one cannot repair that which does not and cannot exist by its very nature: a legal entity is a fiction, not a material object. The suggestions on liquidation of legal entities were criticized from every corner. “A legal entity is made manifest through individuals. If we bring a legal entity to liability, we thus charge everybody, whoever is connected to it. Bringing legal entities to liability is convenient for the ICR as this will simplify its work, but all advocates and the economic sector of the Government are shocked by the suggestion”.