The complexity of the qualification of crimes provided for by article 137 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

The article considers the main problems related to the qualification of crimes under Article 137 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation on violation of privacy as one of the benefits guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The shortcomings of this rule are identified, related to the lack of a legislative interpretation of the subject of the crime, its unreasonable narrowness, as well as the impossibility of applying Article 137 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation when committing certain actions that also obviously infringe on privacy. The author draws conclusions about the need to revise some provisions of the analyzed rule.