The State Duma Committee on State Building did not support the bill on introducing special liability in the Criminal Code for hooliganism using a car. A group of deputies, led by Yaroslav Nilov and Vladislav Davankov, proposed supplementing Article 213 of the Criminal Code with a norm on punishment of up to five years of imprisonment for "gross violation of public order" on transport, but the committee considered this excessive, writes Kommersant.
The committee's conclusion states: the Criminal Code already has Article 267.1 "Actions threatening the safety of vehicles" with a sanction of up to two years of imprisonment. The adoption of new amendments will create duplication of elements and the risk of reclassifying petty hooliganism from the Administrative Code to a criminal offense. The bill is scheduled to be considered at a plenary session on April 15, but with a negative review from the profile committee, the chances of passage are minimal.
Judicial practice under Article 267.1 of the Criminal Code, which was previously almost never applied, has been gaining momentum since the beginning of 2026. In Kaspiysk, the driver of a Porsche Cayenne received a fine of 180 thousand rubles for driving in the oncoming lane while being recorded. In Odintsovo, blogger Gadji Gadzhiev was convicted of drifting in a parking lot with people being hit. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already called this trend "a justified and promising direction" in the fight against aggressive driving, while amendments on an administrative fine for dangerous driving have been stuck in the State Duma since 2024.