Concerning the influence of civil law on classification of economic crimes

The article describes the cases of addressing the civil law when classifying the crimes stipulated by the Chapter 22 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, including establishing of the crime elements in the sphere of economic activity, as well as differentiation of the crimes both from each other and from the administrative offenses and torts. The author emphasizes not abstract, but very practical content of the correlation between the criminal and civil law regulations, in particular, relatedness of the question of criminalization and decriminalization of some socially dangerous acts with the civil law amendments.