Corruption offences related to the giving and receiving of bribes and other types of illegal remuneration under Russian criminal law

Currently, taking into account the provisions of international documents and standards in the field of combating crime, one of the key areas of Russian criminal policy is to counter corruption crimes, the core of which is illegal acts related to illegal remuneration. The article is devoted to the consideration of topical issues of the system of criminal law norms that establish responsibility for corruption crimes related to the giving and receiving of bribes and other types of illegal remuneration. The author emphasizes the importance and practical significance of the study of the relationship between the norms of the criminal law, which establishes responsibility for these crimes. The fight against corruption crimes related to the giving and receiving of bribes and other types of illegal remuneration by criminal law means is of fundamental importance in the activities of law enforcement agencies. The purpose of the study is to analyze criminal law norms that establish responsibility for corruption crimes related to the giving and receiving of bribes, as well as other types of illegal remuneration. These norms themselves were the subject of research. The normative basis of the study is formed by international legal acts and norms of national criminal legislation that establish criminal liability for corruption crimes related to the giving and receiving of bribes and other types of illegal remuneration. The methodological basis of the study was the dialectical method of cognition of social phenomena and processes, which allows us to consider them in constant change, development, and in relationship. The research uses General scientific and private scientific methods of cognition of social reality, including comparative, formal-logical, system-structural, statistical, and other methods. The results of the study of the criminal law norms that establish responsibility for corruption crimes related to the giving and receiving of bribes, as well as other types of illegal remuneration, were reasonable conclusions about the unsystematic nature of criminal law regulation in this area of public relations. The results obtained can be used in improving the Russian criminal law, as well as in law enforcement practice in the qualification of the considered crimes.