Classification of crimes committed using information and telecommunication networks (technologies) under the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan

Abstract

In the criminal law doctrines of the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan, as well as in the legal acts and official documents adopted in these states, there are different approaches to the classification of crimes committed using information and telecommunication networks (technologies). These differences lead to a decrease in the effectiveness of criminal law counteraction of the corresponding type of illegal acts. In this regard, the author analyzes alternative approaches to the classification of crimes committed using information and telecommunication networks (technologies). It is concluded that based on the structural features of the Criminal Codes of the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan these types of socially dangerous acts should be classified depending on the characteristics of the object and subject of these unlawful attacks, the nature and degree of public danger of the act, the form of guilt, as well as the methods and means of committing these crimes. The conclusions and recommendations made in this article have a certain theoretical significance and can be used to further study of the classification of crimes committed using information and telecommunication networks (technologies) under the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan.