Classification of incitement to hatred or enmity taking into account the amendments made by Federal Law No. 173-FZ of 24 June 2025 to the Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation
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Introduction. Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was amended by Federal Law No. 173-FZ of 24 June 2025. The new elements of this crime, as well as the complications of its legislative interpretation, relating to administrative prejudice, repetition and systematic commission of extremist activities, necessitate independent research. It is crucial to pay particular attention to the specific features of incitement to hatred or enmity based on one of the following grounds: justification or propaganda of the use of violence or threats of its use (clause (b) of part 1 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Consequently, these amendments may complicate the classification of criminal acts under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, connected with aggregate of crimes in the presence of the characteristics outlined in parts 1 and 2 of the aforementioned article. Methods. The study is based on the dialectical method and system analysis. Both general logical and the dogmatic methods were employed in this study. Results. The following study presents the characteristics of new elements of the crime under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Recommendations have been formulated concerning the classification of incitement to hatred or enmity. These recommendations take into account the amendments made by Federal Law No. 173-FZ of 24 June 2025 into Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, including ways to resolve issues related to determining the relationship between Parts 1 and 2 of Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

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incitement to hatred, incitement to enmity, abasement of human dignity, administrative prejudice, conviction, violence, justification, propaganda, criminal liability, aggregate of crimes, competition of norms, single crime
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