Criminal liability for various forms and kinds of stealing in Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia: a comparative study

The article is devoted to comparative study of responsibility for stealing as stated in the criminal legislation of Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The author comes to the conclusion that there is a certain similarity of approaches to the regulation of liability for stealing in the legislation of these countries under certain specific differences. The legal definition of stealing in the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic is acknowledged the most successful. The legislator has abandoned the two-act design of stealing (the seizure and (or) appropriation of other people's property for a guilty person or for other persons). Based on the study of the relevant norms of criminal legislation of these States, the author has revealed the peculiarities of the forms and kinds of stealing.