Comparative and Legal Analysis of Legislations of Great Britain and Russia in the Field of Preventing Crimes in the Digital Sphere
The paper presents a comparative analysis of criminal and information legislations, legal acts to ensure cybersecurity in the UK and Russia. The experience of the UK as the most digital country in the world in combating crimes committed with the use of digital technologies seems to be more than ever requested and topical. It notes that in Russia the damage to citizens and organizations from criminal attacks is five times higher than the similar damage to the UK citizens, while the total number of attacks registered in the Russian Federation is much lower than that of the official UK criminal statistics. The authors substantiate the thesis about feasibility of creating in the Russian legislation more universal norms with a certain threshold of strength to new types of digital threats. They argue that creation of effective mechanisms for application of legislation provisions in the digital sphere should be a separate area of domestic criminal policy of all countries. On the basis of the conducted research, they offer some mechanisms of securing relations in the digital sphere.