Drummond
01-13-2017, 07:18 AM
Offered for general debate ... but of course ... but aimed also specifically at Balu, for his insight(s).
So ... @Balu (http://www.debatepolicy.com/member.php?u=3557) ... tell us your thoughts on the following report ...
https://meduza.io/en/news/2017/01/11/russian-duma-approves-bill-on-decriminalization-of-domestic-violence-in-first-reading
The State Duma approved a bill on the decriminalization of domestic violence in its first reading on Wednesday with 368 pro-votes, 1 vote against, and 1 abstention. The bill – which will now be prepared for its second reading – would exclude domestic violence from Russia’s Criminal Code, thereby no longer making it a felony.
The bill proposes making domestic violence – specifically defined as the beating of a relative – an civil offense, with criminal liability applicable in only those cases when the offense is committed two or more times in the same year.
It will still be considered a criminal offense if domestic violence is perpetrated as an act of hooliganism or is motivated by hatred or enmity. In such cases, perpetrators could be sentenced to compulsory work or to up to two years in prison.
Whether or not this could have any bearing on the subject, especially considering the political stranglehold Putin exercises over life in Russia ... again, maybe Balu could comment (I acknowledge that this is an old report) ... ?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8865545/Vladimir-Putin-a-wife-beater-and-philanderer-documents-allege.html
Vladimir Putin abused his wife and "had numerous sexual affairs" when he was a high-ranking KGB officer in Dresden, German secret service documents have alleged.
The documents from the archive of the BND, Germany's spy agency, paint a dark picture of the Russian prime minister, who plans to return to the presidency next year.
Gathering information through the work of an agent posing as an interpreter for Ludmilla Putina, Mr Putin's wife, the BND heard that the then youthful 33-year-old spy chief was a "wife beater and a philanderer" during his stint in the German city from 1985 to 1990.
The information surfaced in a story run by the newspaper Berliner Zeitung based on documents found by Erich Schmidt-Eenboom, a respected BND expert who has published books and papers on the agency.
So ... @Balu (http://www.debatepolicy.com/member.php?u=3557) ... tell us your thoughts on the following report ...
https://meduza.io/en/news/2017/01/11/russian-duma-approves-bill-on-decriminalization-of-domestic-violence-in-first-reading
The State Duma approved a bill on the decriminalization of domestic violence in its first reading on Wednesday with 368 pro-votes, 1 vote against, and 1 abstention. The bill – which will now be prepared for its second reading – would exclude domestic violence from Russia’s Criminal Code, thereby no longer making it a felony.
The bill proposes making domestic violence – specifically defined as the beating of a relative – an civil offense, with criminal liability applicable in only those cases when the offense is committed two or more times in the same year.
It will still be considered a criminal offense if domestic violence is perpetrated as an act of hooliganism or is motivated by hatred or enmity. In such cases, perpetrators could be sentenced to compulsory work or to up to two years in prison.
Whether or not this could have any bearing on the subject, especially considering the political stranglehold Putin exercises over life in Russia ... again, maybe Balu could comment (I acknowledge that this is an old report) ... ?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8865545/Vladimir-Putin-a-wife-beater-and-philanderer-documents-allege.html
Vladimir Putin abused his wife and "had numerous sexual affairs" when he was a high-ranking KGB officer in Dresden, German secret service documents have alleged.
The documents from the archive of the BND, Germany's spy agency, paint a dark picture of the Russian prime minister, who plans to return to the presidency next year.
Gathering information through the work of an agent posing as an interpreter for Ludmilla Putina, Mr Putin's wife, the BND heard that the then youthful 33-year-old spy chief was a "wife beater and a philanderer" during his stint in the German city from 1985 to 1990.
The information surfaced in a story run by the newspaper Berliner Zeitung based on documents found by Erich Schmidt-Eenboom, a respected BND expert who has published books and papers on the agency.