WATERS AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AS OBJECTS OF CRIME: LEGALITY OF THE DECISION OF THE LEGISLATOR
The article discusses the questions of determination of the subject of crimes stipulated by articles 250 and 252 of the criminal code, and the circumstances of the crime scenes and, most importantly, the concept of a water body. Based on the analysis of regulatory legal acts, the characteristics of the marine environment are given, and the concept of an exclusive economic zone is considered. The theoretical positions are supported by the points of view of prominent scientists in the field of ecology. The study concludes that it is appropriate to replace the term "marine environment "with the term" water object", which in turn will change the essence of the criminal law norm contained in article 252 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation.