To the Question of Improving the Institute of Criminal Responsibility in a Pandemic
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The global pandemic caused a serious change in the legislation of the Russian Federation, since the fight against the spread of the new coronavirus infection required the development and implementation of effective mechanisms that had not previously been used on a similar scale. In this context, the amendments introduced on April 1, 2020 to the criminal legislation in terms of toughening of liability for violations of sanitary and epidemiological rules and the introduction of new criminal law norms, securing responsibility for the public dissemination of knowingly false information of a certain content, have acquired a significant influence. very timely and justified, however, the further spread of the new coronavirus infection in the territory of the Russian state objectively necessitates the corresponding changes and other criminal law norms. The purpose of the presented study is to study the institution of criminal responsibility and its development in the context of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) pandemic. The authors come to the conclusion that, despite the progressive nature of the Russian criminal legislation in terms of regulating responsibility for criminal behavior that poses a particular public danger in a pandemic, there are currently a number of areas in which there is a need to develop this institution. Among the most promising there are the consolidation of criminal liability for the sale and purchase of the results of medical research conducted as part of the diagnosis and treatment of a new coronavirus infection, and vaccination certificates, as well as the sale and purchase of pseudo-drugs and pseudo-medicines that allegedly allow curing new strains of coronavirus infection or preventing infection by them. The significant potential of criminal law norms for the development of preventive and preventive activities in relation to the spread of criminal behavior in a pandemic is noted.

Kumysheva M.K., Leila A.G., (2021), TO THE QUESTION OF IMPROVING THE INSTITUTE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY IN A PANDEMIC. Gaps in Russian Legislation, 6 => 215-220.

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ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population, the institution of criminal responsibility, responsibility for criminal behavior in a pandemic, Russian criminal legislation, improving criminal law.