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At the legal forum in St. Petersburg, Alexander Bastrykin expressed ideas about lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years, introducing parental responsibility for children's crimes, and reinstating the death penalty.

@meduzalive 26 Jun 2026, 13:25

Alexander Bastrykin expressed the need to introduce criminal liability for parents for inadequate upbringing of children and proposed to lower the age of criminal responsibility for serious crimes to 12 years.

@mash 26 Jun 2026, 10:47

Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, expressed the need to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years, noting that modern teenagers commit crimes at this age and remain unpunished.

@meduzalive 26 Jun 2026, 10:21

Bastrikin expressed the opinion on the need to lower the age of criminal responsibility, noting that in some countries, such as England, it starts at age 10, while in Russia it is proposed to set it at 12, although agreement has been reached on 14.

@varlamov_news 26 Jun 2026, 09:59

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, criticized the state project 'Movement of the First' and suggested restoring the pioneers and Komsomol, emphasizing the need to engage youth in public patriotic organizations.

@ostorozhno_novosti 26 Jun 2026, 09:58

Bastrikin expressed the need to lower the age of criminal responsibility for serious crimes to 12 years, pointing out that in Russia children can commit crimes and remain unpunished, while in other countries, such as England, this age is 10 years.

@ostorozhno_novosti 26 Jun 2026, 09:48

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, proposed to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 12 years.

@varlamov_news 26 Jun 2026, 09:39