Hrytsenko's lawyer named the grounds for revoking his parole.

Gritsenko: failure to appear at the inspection may become grounds for cancellation of parole

Thu, 03/12/2026 - 00:40

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New amendments to the Penal Enforcement Code of the Russian Federation establish the procedure for monitoring the behavior of persons released on parole, as well as clarify the grounds for cancellation of parole. Irina Gritsenko, a lawyer at the Legal Policy Bar Association, told Izvestia about this.

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According to her, Federal Law No. 19-FZ of February 11, 2026 supplements Chapter 22 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with new articles 183.1–183.3, which fix the mechanism for monitoring parolees at the code level.

"These regulations explicitly define the subjects of control. In relation to civilians, control is carried out by criminal enforcement inspections, and in relation to military personnel — by the command of military units. In practice, it was these bodies that previously carried out appropriate control, but now this mechanism is more formally fixed directly in the PECS of the Russian Federation," Gritsenko explained.

The lawyer noted that the law also introduces mandatory personal records of those released on parole for the entire period of the remaining unserved part of the sentence. Inspections should monitor the performance of duties assigned by the court and record the behavior of a person after release.

Special attention in the new rules is paid to the grounds for the cancellation of parole. According to Hrytsenko, the law establishes a consistent system for responding to violations.

"The law establishes a three-step model: first, a violation is recorded, then a written warning is issued, and in case of repeated violation, the criminal enforcement Inspectorate sends a submission to the court to cancel the parole," she said.

The lawyer explained that a repeated violation after issuing a warning would be considered malicious evasion of duties.

"The law explicitly defines that malicious evasion is repeated failure to perform duties after a written warning from the inspection. In practice, most often we are talking about failure to appear at the penitentiary inspectorate for registration or violation of restrictions established by the court," Gritsenko added.