ABOUT VIOLATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY THE RUSSIAN CRIMINAL LAW
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A task: Prove violation of the constitutional and fundamental principle of equality in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, expressed in the different nature of the state's response to the same criminal acts in relation to different categories of citizens. Methodology: the formal-logical, legal and comparative legal methods of scientific knowledge were used in the preparation of the article. Conclusions: Based on the analysis of the articles of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the violation of the principle of equality in the nature of the state's response to certain types of criminal acts, consisting in imposing more severe punishments for committing certain socially dangerous acts against certain (privileged) categories citizens possessing power, leadership or official powers. The scope of the study / the possibility of the subsequent use of the results of scientific work: the conclusions made in this article can be used in further scientific research on the problems of ensuring equality and building a rule of law state. Practical significance: the amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation proposed in the article can help in the direction of building a rule of law in Russia. Social consequences: the article is of scientific and practical interest for the construction of a rule-of-law state in Russia and ensuring equality in all spheres of social relations and, in particular, criminal law. Originality / Value: The work is intended for a wide range of readers interested in issues of equality in all areas of public relations and, in particular, criminal law. Sufficiently useful information for its professional activity in it will be found by lawyers, sociologists, lawyers, law enforcement officers, scientists.

Smirnov A.M., (2018), ABOUT VIOLATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY THE RUSSIAN CRIMINAL LAW. Gaps in Russian Legislation, 4 => 198-200.

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legal state, democratic state, equality, the class right, crimes against a management order, military crimes.