Èkonomika, Pedagogika i Pravo (Mar 2017)
Criminal Prosecution of Officials: Tendency to Avoid Criminal Responsibility Under Articles 285 and 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation
Abstract
In the modern state a lot of attention is paid to the problem of criminal prosecution of officials, growth of malfeasance and the most acute problem of avoiding criminal responsibility of officials. Problem of the official powers abuse (Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), as well as abuse of authority (Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) is far from new to Russian civil society as a whole. Urgency of fight against such crimes is determined by their tendency to constant growth, widespread in all spheres of society, an increasingly organized system and the presence of a professional nature of their commission. Unfortunately over a thousand crimes are made by official all over the world every day, often many of them are of rather large scale, however, due to the specifics of the high latency of this type of crime, as well as the imperfection of criminal legislation, persons who violate the law do not always bear criminal responsibility. It can be concluded that the problem has not been fully resolved and is unlikely to be resolved in the near future, which in turn confirms the relevance of this topic and the need for its future research.
