Development of the norm on criminal liability for theft of items of special value

Based on the analysis of the norms of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the article considers the trends in the development of the criminal law prohibition on the theft of items of special value. Attention is drawn to the fact that the legislator did not always consider such embezzlement as special. Prior to the publication in 1994 of a separate rule establishing criminal liability for the theft of items of special value, such attacks were classified as the theft of personal or socialist property, which prevented their correct legal assessment. It is reflected that during the period of the existence of this ban, its punishability, qualifying characteristics, and the age at which responsibility for its commission begins changed.