LEGAL REGULATION OF CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY AS ANOTHER CRIMINAL LAW MEASURE IN RUSSIA AND REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
In early 2019, the Republic of Belarus adopted law No. 171-Z, which introduced fundamental changes in the legal regulation of confiscation of property. In Russia, the confiscation of property, introduced in the criminal code in 2006 has repeatedly undergone changes, which indicates the imperfection of legal norms in this part. Analysis of the criminal legislation of the Republic of Belarus and Russia in terms of regulation of the institution of confiscation allowed to identify vulnerabilities of the legislation of the two States, as well as to determine the most successful legislative formulations. The article defines the historical background of the confiscation of property in the criminal law of the two States, presents statistical data, presents the current state and dynamics of the implementation of the provisions of the law on confiscation, defines the criteria of property that can be confiscated in Russia and the Republic of Belarus. As a conclusion, the complex, multidimensional nature of confiscation is assumed, as well as its cross-sectoral nature.