Features of the Voluntary Renunciation of Crimes of a Terrorist Nature

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of understanding the notes to the articles on terrorist offences, including the problem of their identification as a voluntary renunciation or active contrition. This problem has not been solved in the science of criminal law, on which, in turn, depends the resolution of the question of the applicability of the general rule on voluntary renunciation to crimes of a terrorist nature. Purpose: To determine whether and on what basis the institution of voluntary renunciation can be applied to assess the positive behavior of persons involved in terrorist offences. Methodology: the author applies a systematic method, as well as private-scientific methods of legal hermeneutics, formal-legal. Result: Having considered the normative, doctrinal and law enforcement problems on the subject, the author offers a solution to the following controversial questions: what is the purpose of voluntary renunciation in relation to crimes of terrorist nature? How is the competition between art. 31 and note to article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation solved? What is the legal nature of the notes on exemption from criminal liability to the articles on other terrorist crimes? Are there and what are the special features of voluntary renunciation in relation to terrorist offences?