Environmental compensation as a new measure of a criminal law nature

The article justifies the necessity of including into criminal legislation such a new measure of a law criminal nature as environmental compensation, gives its signs. Arguments are given to classify other measures of a criminal law nature to the penalization method. It is indicated that the person who first committed an environmental crime of low or medium severity, may be exempted from criminal liability if he (she) has fulfilled the environmental agreement reached during the mediation procedure on its own or at his own expense eliminated the harm caused, compensated for the damage caused at least twofold and carried out environmentally useful activities mentioned in the environmental agreement or measure of a criminal law nature in the form of environmental compensation has been imposed to him (her).