Prospects for legislative reform of criminal liability for water pollution (article 256 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation)
The article discusses the effectiveness of existing criminal liability for water pollution. The problems of qualification of acts under article 250 of The criminal code of the Russian Federation that arise in practice for law enforcement officers are revealed.first of all, they are connected with the fact that it is often difficult to determine the amount of damage caused to water bodies in non-obvious situations, which leads to the departure of violators from responsibility. Based on the research, the author suggests ways to solve these problems. Thus, it is proposed to set out the disposition of part 1 of article 250 of The criminal code of the Russian Federation on a formal basis by analogy with part 1 of article 252 of The criminal code of the Russian Federation.