The institution of exemption from criminal liability in the CIS countries

The prerequisites of the study are ambiguous assessments of the institution of exemption from criminal liability in the legislation of the Russian Federation and, in particular, in the approaches closest to the Russian legislation in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The paper examines the norms of criminal law of the CIS member states devoted to the institution of exemption from criminal liability. The criminal legislation of the CIS countries, which was formed in the late 1990s, has now undergone changes. The aim of the study is to identify similarities and peculiarities in the development of this institution in each of the CIS countries, and to analyze them in a rather-legal analysis. It is concluded that the content of the institution of exemption from criminal liability in the CIS countries for the most part practically coincides, but there are a number of differences. Any innovations, improvements of a unifying nature are seen as impractical, but on the contrary, measures should be implemented to improve public relations in this area, concerning a more detailed study of the content of conditions for exemption from criminal liability, precisely based on the characteristics of a particular state and data on the state of crime in it.