Problems of application of criminal law norms establishing responsibility for smuggling in Russia, and ways to overcome them

The work examines topical issues of the application of criminal legislation, establishing liability for smuggling. In particular, the analysis of the criminal legislation of the member states of the Customs Union on the qualification of crimes related to the illegal movement of strategically important goods and resources, cultural values across the customs border is carried out. The article reveals the issues of determining the object and subject of smuggling, highlights the key problems of their legal regulation, as well as practical implementation. It is concluded that there are problems in the application of this norm, some measures for theoretical and practical improvement are proposed. In particular, it is proposed to revise the approach to determining the object and subject of the crime provided for in Article 226.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

smuggling, Customs Union, illegal movement, customs border of the EAEU, strategically important goods and resources, cultural values, contraband items, criminal legislation of the EAEU countries