The State Duma has approved fines for violation of keeping pets

Deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation at the plenary session in the second and third readings adopted the law, according to which owners of pets who do not comply with the requirements for their maintenance and walking will be held administratively liable.

Violation of the requirements will be punishable by a fine for citizens from 1.5 thousand to 3 thousand rubles, for officials - from 5 thousand to 15 thousand rubles, and for legal entities - from 15 thousand to 30 thousand rubles, adds "Gazeta.Ru".

The Moscow regional Duma introduced the bill to the State Duma back in December 2021. In the first reading of the law was adopted in September this year.

In the message of the press service of the Department on the official website says that the punishment will apply to the one who was responsible for the animal at the time of the violation, not the actual owner.

Earlier, on November 22, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev was asked to take control of the criminal case of mass murder of dogs in various Russian cities, as well as to expand the articles of the Criminal Code, under which the accused should be punished. Such a request was addressed to him by the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Vladimir Burmatov.

Before that, on November 18, a criminal case was opened over the death of a woman who suffered from dog bites in Mytishchi.