Current Problems of Combating Retail Sales of Minors in Alcoholic Products in Russia

The problem of excessive alcohol consumption arose quite often at various stages of the development of the Russian state, however, at present, the greatest social danger is posed by alcoholization of minors. Given the importance of the younger generation for the development of the Russian state in the future, a number of prohibitions and additional requirements have been adopted at the legislative level to exclude the sale of alcohol to persons under the age of 18. In case of violation of the relevant legal requirements, Russian legislation provides for administrative and criminal liability in this area. However, despite the existence of a large number of regulations and active practice of their application, the problem of retail sale of alcoholic beverages to children and adolescents is of acute urgency at the present time. ... The author comes to the conclusion that in many ways the analyzed crime is associated with a significant demand for alcoholic beverages among minors, which provokes the illegal behavior of subjects of economic relations. In addition, among the urgent problems of combating the above-mentioned crime, the ineffectiveness of certain aspects of control and supervision activities in the sphere of alcohol turnover and the availability of alternative methods of acquiring alcohol, which are actively used by minors, are highlighted. In this context, as the most promising direction for improving the mechanisms of combating retail sales minors of alcoholic products are allocated comprehensive preventive and preventive work with the perception of alcohol by children and adolescents and the inadmissibility of the sale of the specified product by subjects of economic relations in violation of the requirements of the current Russian legislation.

illegal retail sale of alcoholic beverages, minors, crime prevention, criminal liability, Russian criminal legislation