Crime trends in modern Russia

This article is devoted to the study of trends in modern crime in the territory of the Russian Federation. The study focuses on crimes committed via information and telecommunications technologies related to fraudulent activities, illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues (hereinafter - drug trafficking). The subject of the study is the patterns of commission of the crimes under study, as well as the possible dynamics and trends of their commission. The author draws the conclusion: the crimes under study are closely related to the development of IT technologies and digitalization in general. The author proposes actual directions for the activities of internal affairs bodies aimed at minimizing the commission of the crimes under study.