The subject of crimes against property - embezzlement using official position and embezzlement using official powers - in the criminal laws of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

The article deals with the subject of crimes against property - embezzlement using official position and embezzlement using official powers in the criminal laws of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus. The author notes common characteristics of the subject of embezzlement under the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus (presence of signs of a special subject) and their differences, and indicates possible directions for the development and unification of national legislations. Purpose: to establish common characteristics and differences of the subjects of crimes against property - embezzlement using official position (Criminal Code of RF) and embezzlement using official powers (Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus). Methods: the author uses materialistic dialectics, general scientific methods: description, analysis and deduction as well as specific methods: formal-legal and comparative. Results: the analysis of the subjects of the specified crimes against property in the criminal laws of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus allows highlighting their common characteristics and differences, identifying possible directions for the development and unification of national legislations.