Public danger and social conditionality of criminalization of bribery of an arbitrator

The article deals with the features of the new corpus delicti provided for in Article 200.7 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation-Bribery of an arbitrator (arbitrator). This element of crime was introduced into the current Criminal Code of the Russian Federation by Federal Law No. 352-FZ of October 27, 2020, which forms the need and relevance of its theoretical understanding. The article defines the prerequisites for the introduction of this composition, as well as its social conditionality. The author analyzes the social danger, the necessary and sufficient objective and subjective signs of this corpus delicti, which are subject to mandatory identification in the process of qualification. Attention is paid, among other things, to the controversial issues in the doctrine regarding the criminalization of bribery of an arbitrator (arbitrator), as well as to the alleged problems that may arise at the practical level when applying it, and recommendations are given for their solution. The author comes to the conclusion about expediency of improving the article 200.7 of the criminal code as amended and with distinction in a separate article 200.7 and 200.8 the criminal code, the fact of bribery by transmitting to the arbiter an illegal subject of bribery and bribery by receiving the referee illegal of the subject of bribery. The article substantiates the problem of the lack of responsibility for the fact of mediation in the transfer of bribery of an arbitrator (arbitrator).

public danger, qualification, bribery, arbitrator, arbitration court, criminalization, economic crimes