http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20230125-201918-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/is-criminality-a-russian-virtue-worth-cultivating/ Is Criminality a Russian Virtue Worth Cultivating? - The Bill on Crimes Committed in the Interests of Russia and Its Proxies Masol, Sergii eng 2023-01-25 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Criminal Law Imperialism Russian War against Ukraine Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 On 13 December 2022, the Russian State Duma unanimously approved, in the first reading, the bill on the imposition of Russian criminal law and criminal procedure upon the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia provinces of Ukraine. The Bill flagrantly infringes the Russian Constitution, criminal legislation and international law, essentially transforming the occupied territories of Ukraine into a lawless area. Yet again, the Bill underscores the imperial nature of the Russian war of aggression.