PROBLEMS OF CODIFICATION OF THE RUSSIAN CRIMINAL LEGISLATION: NEW CRIMINAL CODE VS. A REVISED CODE?
The article argues that the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation should be further improved in the context of elaboration of a revised version of the Code, specifies areas of such activity, in particular, the author raises a question on reduction of the limits of discretionary powers of legal practitioners during investigation and judicial examination of criminal cases including by means of legislative reduction of the gap between lower and upper limits of criminal law sanctions.