CRIMINAL-LEGAL ASSESSMENT OF PROVOCATION OF A CRIME UNDER FOREIGN LEGISLATION
This article analyzes the main problems associated with the regulation of criminal liability for provocation of a crime under the legislation of foreign countries. The author of the article pays special attention to the question of the correlation between the norms on criminal liability for this act, the current Russian criminal legislation and the legislation of the analyzed countries. The article pays special attention to the problem of the lack of legal regulation of provocation at the legitimate level in general. It is noted that the differentiation of provocation into separate types of crimes significantly complicates the work of law enforcement and judicial bodies. The purpose of the article is to study the existing legislation of continental Europe, the near abroad and the CIS countries and to identify the most significant options for overcoming the existing law enforcement problems regarding the prosecution of persons who committed crimes under the influence of a provocateur.