DEVELOPMENT, USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF HARMFUL SOFTWARE
The paper analyses the amendments introduced to the Russian Criminal Code by the Federal Law No 420-FZ dated December 7, 2011, which relate to the liability for computer information crimes. The author makes valid suggestions on the use of the term “violation of computer information security measures”, on the expansion in the scope of the qualifying features of the crime, the liability for which is set in the Article 273 “Development, Use and Distribution of Harmful Computer Programs” of the Russian Criminal Code.