Errors of legislative technique made in establishing responsibility for an act of international terrorism
This research is devoted to the legal analysis of the content of the norms of the Russian Criminal Law on liability for committing an act of international terrorism. Adding Article 361 to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation was due to the officially declared need to strengthen the fight against terrorist activities, including acts of terrorism, the preparation and commission of which is carried out by representatives of international terrorist organizations. The analysis of the content of the disposition of Art. 361 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Сетевой научно-практический журнал частного и публичного права 37 Federation made it possible to identify a number of significant violations of the norms of legislative technique, made in the description of certain legally significant features. This creates objective difficulties for the interpretation of the provisions of Art. 361 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in the process of qualifying a crime, and gives rise to unjustified competition with Art. 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which establishes liability for a terrorist act. Based on the results of the study, a scientifically substantiated conclusion is drawn that it is inexpedient to include the norm that establishes liability for an act of international terrorism in the Special Part of the Russian Criminal Law.