Trends towards Improving Criminal Liability Measures in the Field of Illegal Circulation of Payment Instruments

The disposition of Art. 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, a substantive analysis of its provisions was carried out from the point of view of certainty, the regulations provided for in it, as well as the consistency of the provisions formulated in the criminal law norm with the doctrine of criminal law protection of the legal circulation of means of payment. The work reflects the results of forensic investigative practice, indicating that the high degree of blanketness inherent in Art. 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, can be considered as one of the circumstances influencing the insufficient certainty of the disposition of the article. The author confirms his position on the importance and relevance of precise and complete legal regulation of the field of information security for the information economy of the Russian state using the example of the provisions of the most important strategic documents. At the same time, the scope of application of Art. remains controversial to this day. 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the possibility of qualifying it in combination with other compounds, as well as the legal certainty of the disposition of the norm.

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