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Extreme Necessity


Causing harm to interests protected by law in a state of extreme necessity, i.e., for the purpose of eliminating a danger immediately threatening the life or rights of this person or other persons, as well as interests protected by law of society or the State, is not an administrative offense if this danger could not be eliminated by other means and the harm caused is less significant than the harm prevented

Source: "Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses" dated 30.12.2001 No. 195-FZ (as amended on 01.12.2012)

1. Causing harm to interests protected by law is not a crime

if the criminal law interests are protected in a state of necessity, that is, to remove a danger directly threatening the person or rights of this individual or other persons, or the interests of society or the state protected by law, provided that this danger could not be removed by other means and at the same time there was no exceeding the limits of necessity

Source: "Criminal Code of the Russian Federation" dated June 13, 1996 No. 63-FZ (as amended on November 29, 2012)

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