Cybercrime Counteraction: Comparative Analysis of Criminal Laws of Russia and Belarus
Crime in the field of computer information tends to grow steadily and affects the most important areas of activity not only of individual States, but also of the world community as a whole. In this regard, the improvement of legislation to combat these criminal attacks becomes extremely urgent. In Russia and the Republic of Belarus, criminal legislation in the field of combating computer crimes has a number of significant differences, which can include: various lists of computer crimes; Different content of similar offences; The lack of legal interpretation of certain terms contained in the articles; Features of the characterization of individual crimes; Some inconsistency between the criminal laws of these countries and the model criminal code of the CIS member States. In addition, the differences concerning the subjective side of the investigated types of crimes can be considered significant, when in the legislation of one country liability occurs only if the consequences are careless, and in the other - the form of guilt can be both intentional and careless.