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The state of insanity


Insanity — was unable to recognize the factual nature and social danger of his actions (omission) or to control them due to a chronic mental disorder, temporary mental disorder, imbecility, or any other pathological state of the mind1.

  1. Criminal Code of the Russian Federation dated 13.06.1996, amended on 1996-06-13, Article 21, paragraph 1 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 1996. No. 25. Art. 2954. ↩

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