The situation around the drive drunk alive. This time the authorities announced that for driving drunk driver was wearing a similar punishment, will be threatened with deprivation of liberty for up to 2 years. Such amendment was approved by the constitutional Committee of the state Duma for a second reading of the bill Irina Yarovaya, toughening the penalty for drunk driving. If caught driving drunk driver has already been subjected to the same administrative punishment or had a conviction for causing injury or death as a result of violation of traffic rules, the infringer will threaten punishment. In this case, the mount-the driver will award or a fine in the amount of 200 thousand to 300 thousand roubles, or obligatory works for the term up to 480 hours, or compulsory work for a term of up to 2 years, or imprisonment for the same term, with all this, the driver's license will be taken for the period of up to 3 years, informs RBC. Repeated violations will be considered, in that case, if it is committed within 1 year after the put punishments on administrative offence, such as periods of deprivation of a driving licence. In case of a conviction for murder on the highway a maturity of 8 years, and in case if the victim of the driver received serious injuries, then 3 years. Such an amendment in the criminal Code of Russia offered the Deputy of the party "United Russia" Vyacheslav Lysakov, with all this, a special Committee of its fully supported. In the first version of the project that are made of Spring in the beginning of December 2012 and adopted in the first reading in early March 2013, this new article of the Criminal Code foresaw only a fine in the amount of 200 thousand rubles and imprisonment for a period of six months. Consequently, the constitutional Committee proposed the Duma to see this bill in the 2nd reading on July 2. And in case of its adoption, the new rules will be effective from 1 January 2015.