Biological Weapons as an Object and Means of Committing Crimes

Abstract

The article presents a study on the actual and topic of criminal law protection of biological safety of the Russian Federation. A brief description of biological weapons as an object and means of criminal encroachment is given, examples of the evaluation of this concept by the scientific community are given, the problems of establishing criminal liability for the use of this type of weapon or its components as a means of committing crimes are analyzed. Legislative formulations of criminal law prohibitions of acts committed with or with the use of biological weapons are compared with a doctrinal approach to clarifying their content, attention is drawn to the need to change the prevailing interpretation of the provisions of part 2 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, it is noted that the legislator does not always take into account the increased danger of dangerous biological materials used in the commission of a crime. As a result of the study, it is concluded that modern legislation regarding the application or use of various biocomponents needs to be improved.