Circumstances extenuating and aggravating punishment in the criminal law of Russia

Abstract

The criminal legislation of Russia, first and foremost, is to protect the basic constitutional rights of its citizens, as well as society and the state. One of the main ways of protection of rights is prescribed in the criminal code of Russian Federation responsibility for their actions that violate the law and are regarded as criminal. Criminal responsibility is implemented primarily through sentencing to persons convicted of Commission of a criminal act in the manner prescribed by the criminal law. Sentencing the offender is a natural, predictable consequences for committing criminal acts. The existing criminal legislation contains two types of circumstances considered in sentencing. The value of some of these circumstances — to influence aggravation or mitigation of punishment. Other legislators are considered as signs of the committed concrete crime that affect skills, and these determine the sentence within the sanctions established by provisions of the Criminal code.