The Modern Criminal Code of the Russian Federation Has Lost its Systematicity: Controversial Issues

Purpose of the study. The article discusses the problems associated with the loss of its systematic nature by the modern Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The systematic nature of criminal legislation is analyzed as its most important and necessary property. It is determined that the basis for goal-setting of criminal policy is to achieve the most significant reduction in crime through the development of a strategic approach, tactical implementation and conceptual framework for combating crime through the application of criminal legislation, taking into account the fact that it attaches special importance to the systematicity of criminal law norms. Since the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation represents the main legislative framework, ensuring its consistency is one of the primary tasks of the legislator. The influence of changes made to the Criminal Code on its systematic nature is explored. Conclusions. As a result of the study, the author comes to the conclusion that the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which is a codified legal act, has lost its consistency, having lost its quality indicators that meet its objectives. There is an urgent need to adopt a new edition of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, since the current Criminal Code does not fully meet its objectives and the requirement of consistency. Being the most important element of criminal policy, the new edition of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation must be implemented with special care, taking into account the principles of criminalization. Failure to comply with these principles can lead to a violation of the corresponding balance, which leads to the loss of the main property – the systematic nature of the criminal law.