Types of murder according to the legislation of the Russian Federation and the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States

The article discusses the issues of regulating responsibility for murder under the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation and the member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS); provides a general idea of the system of norms providing for liability, the presence of aggravating and mitigating features, and provides a comparative description of the system of mitigating and aggravating circumstances of this crime.