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Criminal Punishment
1. Punishment is a measure of state coercion imposed by court judgment. Punishment is applied to a person found guilty of committing a crime and consists of deprivation or restriction of rights and freedoms of that person as provided in this Code.
2. Punishment is applied for the purpose of restoring social justice, as well as for the purpose of reforming the offender and preventing commission of new crimes
Source: "Criminal Code of the Russian Federation" dated June 13, 1996 No. 63-FZ (as amended on November 29, 2012)