ETHICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF EUTHANASIA
This article is devoted to euthanasia and problems arising from qual ification of a murder as mercy killing. Analysis of Russian legislation demonstrates existing legal conflicts in this area. The study of ethical and legal issues of euthanasia in Russia allows the author to conclude that it is advisable to include in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation the privileged component elements of an attracting a criminal sentence murder for such a murder that is committed at request of the victim. The privileged component elements for such an action would respond to the fact that in such cases a special mechanism is involved. The author proposes the author's edition of an article to be included in the Russian Criminal Code.