Legal Support for the Prevention of Cybercrime in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

Relevance. The content of their legal support is of great importance in the prevention of crime, including cybercrime in Russia and Kazakhstan. Cybercrime legislation in Russia and Kazakhstan is diverse and has its own peculiarities. It is relevant to study the content and system of legal measures to prevent cybercrime in Russia and Kazakhstan and to develop a unified approach to the systematization of regulatory legal acts aimed at ensuring cybersecurity and preventing cybercrime.Purpose. The aim is to identify shortcomings and develop proposals to improve the effectiveness of legal support for the prevention of cybercrime in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan.Objectives. to study and compare the content of international legal acts, regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan on the prevention of cybercrime and cybersecurity.Methodology. The basis of scientific research was the universal dialectical method. A general scientific method of analysis was also used, which made it possible to systematize regulatory legal acts on the prevention of cybercrime. The method of scientific synthesis was used for the author's presentation of legal support for the prevention of cybercrime. The method of comparative jurisprudence has become the basis for the characterization of legal support for the prevention of cybercrime in legal science and in the legislation of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan.Results. In the course of the study, the shortcomings of the systematization of legislation on the prevention of cybercrime in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan were identified, the classification of relevant regulatory legal acts on the basis of the subjects that adopt them was proposed.Conclusion. For a deeper disclosure of the system of regulatory legal acts related to cybersecurity and the prevention of cybercrime in Russia and Kazakhstan, the exclusion of gaps in legal regulation, as well as their duplication, their complete classification is necessary on the basis of the entities that accept them.