Smuggling in the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia: issues of unification
https://doi.org/10.37493/2409-1030.2025.3.17
Abstract
Introduction. Counteraction to customs violations is carried out both at the state and interstate levels. One of these areas is the establishment of criminal liability for smuggling. However, the approach to the definition of smuggling and its signs is ambiguous in different countries, including those that are members of the EAEU, which hinders the fight against customs crime. The existing problem in the form of common customs legislation of the EAEU member states and different approaches to the definition of smuggling, including in Russia and Armenia, requires a solution.
Materials and methods. The research is based on the study, analysis and comparative characterization of the norms of the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia, which establish criminal liability for smuggling, materials of judicial practice, and the work of specialists devoted to the research topic.
Analysis. In the criminal legislation of Armenia and Russia, approaches to establishing criminal liability for smuggling are periodically changed, both in defining the types of smuggling (including the attitude to economic smuggling) and its signs, which does not contribute to the proper counteraction of the customs offense in question.
Results. The author concludes that despite the existence of common customs legislation the criminal law norms of the two EAEU member states (Russia and Armenia), providing for responsibility for smuggling, have significant differences related to the definition of the contraband item, which requires further measures aimed at their unification.
About the Author
V. V. Lavrinov
Rostov Branch of the St. Petersburg Academy of the Investigative Committee; Rostov Branch of the Russian Customs Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vyacheslav V. Lavrinov - Cand. Sci. (Law), Associate Professor
3B, Volokolamsk Str., Rostov-on-Don, 344064; 20 Budennovskiy ave., Rostov-on-Don, 344002
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For citations:
Lavrinov V.V. Smuggling in the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia: issues of unification. Humanities and law research. 2025;12(3):489-495. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.37493/2409-1030.2025.3.17
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