MOSCOW, September 26 - RAPSI. A draft law on criminal responsibility for wrongful investigative actions, operational search measures, and the initiation of criminal cases has been drafted in Russia.

The text of the document has been posted on the Economic Development Ministry's website.

"The draft law establishes criminal liability for officials involved in preliminary investigations for knowingly initiating wrongful criminal cases, as well as for intentionally performing unwarranted investigative actions and operational search measures," according to the draft law.

Last January, President Vladimir Putin, who was prime minister at the time, proposed to remove any vestiges of the Soviet sense of justice from criminal legislation in his article, "Economic Tasks," as they allow a business dispute to be turned into a criminal case against a party.