Wilful evasion of serving a sentence
Willful evasion of serving a sentence refers to the unauthorized departure from the territory of the correctional center without valid reasons, failure to return or delayed return to the place of serving the sentence, and absence from the workplace or residence for more than 24 hours1.
Federal Law No. 161-FZ dated December 8, 2003, "On bringing the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and other legislative acts into conformity with the Federal Law 'On amendments and additions to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation' dated December 8, 2003, as amended on December 27, 2009, Article 2, paragraph 3#4 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 2003. No. 50. Article 4847. ↩