Qualification of crimes against sexual integrity and sexual freedom of minors

The introduction of a note to article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation has expanded the possibilities of applying prescriptions of multiplicity in the evaluation of sexual crimes. Performing sexual acts against minors under the age of twelve and older minors - up to 14, 16 - now necessitates checking the existence of a real or ideal population in each case; an increase in the sanction for sexual abuse, sexual intercourse, sodomy or lesbianism, committed against two or more minors who have reached the age of twelve, is provided not by the regulations on the aggregate of crimes, but by the indication in Art. Art. 134 and 135 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for increased public danger of the relevant qualifying characteristics.