Недостатки законодательной конструкции нормы, предусмотренной ст. 281.1 УК РФ «Содействие диверсионной деятельности»

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Recently, the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation has been supplemented with provisions that establish liability for preparation for another crime and forms of complicity in committing another crime. In doctrine, such provisions are referred to as criminal law norms with dual prevention, as they are designed to prevent other, typically more serious, offenses. In 2022, the heightened threat of sabotage within Russia led to the introduction of Article 281.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which establishes criminal liability for aiding and abetting sabotage activities, analogous to Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code. Using formal-legal methods, comparative analysis, and the analysis of qualitative (court rulings) and quantitative (statistics) data, the article identifies the technical-legal shortcomings of this new provision, which may complicate qualification and hinder the effective prevention of sabotage. Specifically, it highlights the “overload” of part 1 of Article 281.1 of the Criminal Code with alternative actions and the redundancy of special criminalization of aiding in the commission of sabotage. Based on the analysis of the provision stipulated in Article 281.1 of the Criminal Code, a new version is proposed, which includes the separation of preparatory and auxiliary actions into different parts of the article, as well as a new definition of financing sabotage activities.