Concealment of an object of the crime under part 1 of art. 325 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

Purpose: To study the Russian criminal law and judicial practice on the issue of liability for concealing the object of a crime under Part 1 of Article 325 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, as well as to identify problems of law enforcement and give recommendations. Methodology: Metods of diaalectics, abstraction, analysis, synthesis, deduction, legalistic method, analysis of documents were used. Results: Based on the analysis of the doctrine of criminal law and judicial practice, the author concludes that there is a real public danger of concealment of official documents, seals (stamps), including in relation to electronic documents. The conclusion is made that it is impossible to define the concept of «concealment» using such categories as concealment, transfer, storage, deduction from legal possession, since they (each separately) are too narrow to define the concept of «concealment». Novelty / originality / value: The significance of the study lies in the determination of the main signs of hiding the objects of the crime provided by Part 1 of Article 325 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, as well as in author’s definition of the concept of «concealment», including in relation to electronic documents.