Qualification Problems of Distinguishing a Gift from a Corruption Crime: Legislative Experience of the Republic of Belarus

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The article is devoted to the study of the issue of distinguishing the receipt of a gift from corruption crimes (bribes, illegal remuneration) according to the legislation of the Republic of Belarus. The provisions of the current civil legislation regulating the issues of donation are analyzed, their fundamental incompatibility with the definition of signs of illegal remuneration as a subject of bribery in accordance with the criminal law is shown. The opinions of a number of scientists and practitioners on the legal basis for determining the subject of a bribe and determining its size, which is necessary and sufficient for criminal prosecution, are considered. Considerable attention is paid to the differentiation of a bribe from a gift through the interpretation of the norms of civil and criminal legislation and some others.

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Olga A. Kuznetsova

Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

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Email: kuznetsova-ola@rudn.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1066-3783
SPIN-code: 8755-2997

Dr. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of the Law Institute

Russian Federation, Moscow

Maksim S. Ploskunov

Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia

Email: PostLiveM1@gmail.com
SPIN-code: 6809-7774

Deputy Head of the Department of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the Brest Region (Brest, Republic of Belarus); Postgraduate Sudent of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics of the Law Institute

Rwanda, Moscow

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