Chapter 15. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC SECURITY, PUBLIC ORDER AND HEALTH OF THE POPULATION Article 201. Hooliganism Hooliganism, that is, deliberate actions which flagrantly violate public order and express an obvious disrespect to the society - shall be punishable with the deprivation of freedom for a term of up to one year or corrective labour for the same term, or a fine. Persistent hooliganism, that is, ---------------
The Russian word rendered here as "hooliganism," "khuliganizm," is much stronger than its English cognate. It refers to youth gangs going around beating the crap out of people. A better translation would be "street violence" or "thuggery."
Chris Doss The Russia Journal