Providing compensation to victims of crime from public funds - charity or property liability of the state?

The article considers the history of the formation of mechanisms for the restoration of the property status of victims of crime at the expense of public-law entities, the financial resources of which allow to save the victim from the risks of the absence of property of the offender and the impossibility of his identification by law enforcement agencies of the state. The paper examines the prospects for the establishment of public funds for compensation to victims of crime in Russia and the steps taken to achieve this goal.