Russia Grants Immunity for Crimes Committed in State’s Interests

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image At a plenary session of Russia’s State Duma, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation Irina Pankina (left), confers with Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Economic Policy Maxim Topilin (center) and First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Alexander Zhukov, Moscow, July 14, 2023. © 2023 Dmitry Dukhanin/Kommersant/Sipa USA via AP Images Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, adopted in final reading a law providing immunity for crimes committed “in the interests of the Russian state.”…

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