Theoretical aspects of administrative penalties: purpose, list, content in the context of discussion of the draft of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation

The draft Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, which was developed and publishedon the official website of the Ministry of justice of the Russian Federation in early 2020, once again drew attention to one of the key points - the purpose and types of administrative punishments formulated and enshrined in the code. The previously published concept of the New Administrative Code of the Russian Federation set certain tasks for the project concerning the system of administrative penalties, which were not fully resolved. The authors believe that the currently existing regulatory framework allows to use the term«prevention of crime» as a purpose of administrative punishment, instead of the wording «to prevent the Commission of new offences both by the offender and other persons», left in the Draft Administrative Code; the article also expresses the author’s position on the order of listing types of administrative penalties in the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, suggests a new alphabetical sequence of their location, and specifies problematic theoretical aspects of some administrative penalties.