Crimes in the Era of the Pandemic: Features of the Qualification of Acts Related to the Illegal Trafficking of «Passports» (Certificates) of Vaccination Against SARS-CoV-2 (PCR Tests)

The purpose of the research. The author analyzes the Russian legal reality in the era of the pandemic and identifies existing gaps in the legal regulation aimed at maintaining the epidemiological safety of the citizenry. In the context of a retrospective analysis of the epidemiological situation in Russia, it is proposed to criminalize actions aimed at «undermining» epidemiological well-being through the implementation of law. Results. The author, through the analysis, identified defects and gaps in the legal regulation of legal relations arising from the compilation and maintenance of epidemiological well-being in the Russian reality; summarized law enforcement practice; a conclusion is formulated regarding the cyclical nature of the outbreaks of epidemics and, in this regard, the implementation of a separate chapter in the Criminal Code of Russia, providing for the possibility of criminal liability for the commission of epidemiological crimes, is proposed; «special» crimes are proposed fighting the illegal trafficking of «passports» (certificates) of vaccination and PCR tests against a new coronavirus infection ( SARS-CoV-2).

pandemic, new coronavirus infection, covid, «passport» of vaccination, vaccine, criminalization of acts, implementation