On the necessity to improve criminal legal counteraction to the creation and activity of dual-use biolaborations

Abstract

The article deals with the topic of assessing the activities of dualuse biolaboratories and improving the criminal-legal counteraction to their negative impact. The author justifies the relevance of this topic by the growing scale of illegal activities of the United States in the field of dual-use biological research and their active expansion in the territory of the states bordering the Russian Federation.
The author analyzes the general concept and characteristic features of dualuse bio-laboratories. The article emphasizes the importance of developing an effective legal framework to regulate the activities of such bio-laboratories, as well as norms establishing liability for violations committed during their establishment or organization of their activities. The article substantiates the necessity of adopting criminal-legal norms aimed at ensuring biological safety of the population and preventing the possibility of committing illegal actions when conducting biological research.
In addition, the expediency of reforming the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation and making the necessary additions to the current version of Article 355 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for the effective protection of biological safety is substantiated.