The Subject of the Crime Provided by Article 258.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

• Main Author: Natalia I. Kuznetsova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Omsk Law Academy 2016-09-01
• Series: Сибирское юридическое обозрение
• Subjects: предмет преступления; особо ценные дикие животные и водные биологические ресурсы; уголовно-правовая защита животного мира; subject of crime; especially valuable wild animals and aquatic biological resources; protection of the animal world by criminal law enforcement
• Online Access: https://www.siberianlawreview.ru/jour/article/view/586

The article reveals the content of the subject of the crime provided by article 258.1 of the Russian Criminal code. Attention is drawn to the need to clarify the criteria for the selection of wildlife for the list of particularly valuable wild animals and aquatic biological resources belonging to the species included in the Red List of Threatened Species of the Russian Federation and (or) protected by international treaties of the Russian Federation. The article contains recommendation for supplementing the list of especially valuable wild animals and aquatic biological resources protected by norms of Article 258.1 of the Russian Criminal code.