State migration policy of the Russian Federation: criminal law risks

Abstract

The article examines criminal legal methods of countering new criminal threats arising as a result of the growing scale of international migration. The author analyzes the content of the Concept of State Migration Policy of the Russian Federation in the context of identifying sources of danger to society and the state as objects of criminal legal protection. The work identifies modern criminogenic risks in the form of lobbying activities in the migration sphere, the provision of illegal influence by national diasporas on public authorities. Approaches to defining the concept of lobbying, its models and types are covered. The need to include in the Criminal Code a rule on liability for unlawful lobbying is noted. The article makes a distinction between diasporas and ethnic criminal groups. It is recommended to supplement Art. 63 of the Criminal Code by such aggravating circumstances as the commission of a crime by a foreign citizen who previously violated the rules of entry or stay in the Russian Federation, his arrival on the territory of the Russian Federation for the purpose of committing a crime.