CURRENT TRENDS IN BRINGING TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR OBSTRUCTING LEGITIMATE ENTREPRENEURIAL OR OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THE LIGHT OF THE CONCEPT OF PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF ENTREPRENEURS

Abstract

In the modern doctrine of criminal law, a detailed study of economic crimes located in Chapter 22 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation revealed a certain tendency of the absence of system-forming signs of this group of criminal encroachments. A serious analysis of the signs of the corpus delict provided for in Article 169 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was carried out in order to further improve them. The purpose of this work is to study the legal potential of the article and the factors that prevent the implementation of its provisions in practice. Achieving this goal is possible by solving such tasks as identifying the legal nature of objective and subjective signs of a crime under Article 169 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, studying the problems of applying this article and identifying possible ways to resolve them. The relevance and significance of the existence of this corpus delict for the protection of the interests of an entrepreneur in the Russian Federation is established. The problems of judicial practice that prevent the real application of the provisions of Article 169 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are identified. The emphasis is placed on the involvement of officials in the commission of criminal acts against business entities. Some changes in the criminal legislation are proposed, which will exclude the identification of the provisions of Article 169 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with the category of "dead" norms. In this regard, it seems quite justified to consider in more detail the provisions of Article 169 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for liability for obstruction of legitimate entrepreneurial or other activities.