SOME ISSUES OF THE DEFINITION OF CRIMES AGAINST SEXUAL INTEGRITY OF MINORS
The author analyzes problems that seem to be most important for solving practical aspects of qualification of crimes against sexual integrity of minors which have been clarified in the draft of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation “On the Judicial Practice of Criminal Cases Concerning Crimes against Sexual Inviolability and Sexual Freedom of an Individual”. From the standpoint of positive and negative aspects, the following issues have been studied: the crimes under Art.134 and 135of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the delimitation of these crimes from rape and sexual assault; the subject of sexual intercourse and other sexual acts with a person under the age of sixteen (Art.134 of the Criminal Code) and indecent assault (Art.135 of the Criminal Code); some of the qualifying signs of sexual intercourse and other sexual acts and indecent assault etc.