To the question of the principle of justice when criminalizing acts associated with illegal production and trafficking of especially valuable wild animals and aquatic biological resources belonging to the species listed in the Red List of the Russian Federation and (or) protected by international treaties of the Russian Federation (article 258.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)

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Currently, some animals and aquatic biological resources are listed in the Red List of the Russian Federation and (or) are protected by international treaties. The attention is drawn to the fact that taking into account the international treaties ratified by the Russian Federation or the USSR aimed at the international legal protection of certain animals and biological resources, as well as the peculiarities of their implementation in the domestic criminal legislation, the Federal law of July 2, 2013 was adopted. No. 150-FZ “on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation”, in accordance with which, in particular, the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was supplemented by article 258.1 “Illegal extraction and trafficking of particularly valuable wild animals and aquatic biological resources belonging to species listed in the Red List of the Russian Federation and (or) protected by international treaties of the Russian Federation». Presented a public danger, prevalence and experience of foreign countries, and also compliance of this crime to the principle of justice. It is emphasized that the domestic legislator should be excluded, taking into account the public danger and the principle of justice, from article 8.35 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences, a sign expressed in the destruction of, in particular, animal species, while reflecting it in article 258.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

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Marina Alekseevna Mutasova

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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Email: marinamutasova@gmail.com

Lecturer of Legal Disciplines Department

Russian Federation, 14а Morshanskoe Rte., Tambov 392000, Russian Federation

Владимир Геннадьевич Кокорев

Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin

Email: pochta735@mail.ru

Assistant of Criminal Law and Procedure Department

Russian Federation, 33 Internatsionalnaya St., Tambov 392000, Russian Federation

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