The state Duma adopted the law on strengthening of responsibility for drivers, hit-and-run crash in which damaged or lost the lives of citizens.

the initiator of the project was the government. According to the document, If the driver fled the scene of an accident where there are victims, punishment have the opportunity to become:

If the driver fled the scene of an accident where a man died, the penalty would be:

in the event of death in an accident 2 or more persons, the sentences are increased:

The speaker of the state Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said, because it is aimed at the restoration of justice, because now " those who fled the scene of an accident in which he damaged or lost his life citizens have less responsibility than those who stayed and passed the test for alcohol."

"The adoption of this bill
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