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State of Necessity


Necessity as a circumstance — that is, in order to eliminate a danger directly threatening the person and rights of this individual or other individuals, as well as interests of society or state protected by law, if this danger could not be eliminated by other means and the damage caused is less significant than the damage prevented1.

  1. Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation, as amended on 2001-12-30, Article 2.7 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 2002. No. 1. Art. 1. ↩

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