Investigation of the crimes under art. 256 of the Criminal Code of the RF with regard to possibility of criminal proceedings by court in a special order

The article discusses the problems, which are in the delimitation of criminal assaults, provided by Art. 256 of the Criminal Code of the RF from administrative offences. Besides, there are problems of prosecuting people to criminal liability for illegal extraction (catch) of aquatic biological resources, including due to the active opposition of defense to criminal prosecution. The vast majority of criminal cases on environmental crimes are considered by the court in a special order providing certain benefits to a person subjected to criminal prosecution. In order to overcome opposition from defense, to improve the quality and efficiency of criminal proceedings, the investigator has a right to follow tactics of carrying out an investigation taking into account the court’s future consideration of the case in a special order.