Reclassification of crimes against public security and public order in connection with changes of the guiding explanations of the plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation

The article deals with cases where the changed position of the Plenum of the Supreme Court regarding the qualification of crimes results in the fact that law enforcers have to change the original criminal and legal assessment. The paper discusses the changes in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation regarding the following qualifications: 1) the end of the actual formation of a criminal association; 2) hooliganism committed with violence; 3) the end of manufacturing and production of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or their analogues; 4) the actions which are not related to sales of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances committed by injection; 5) illegal hunting; 6) illegal cutting of forest vegetation. The author makes the conclusion that the frequent change of opinions of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the qualification of crimes leads to errors in practice due to the incorrect application of the criminal law.