On Expediency of Criminalization of Abuse of the Right of Legislative Initiative (Article 278.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)
The article describes and substantiates the author’s project of the crime, de lege ferenda envisaged by article 278.1 of the criminal code “Abuse of the right of legislative initiative”. The criminally-legal characteristic of its elements and characteristics has been given. The proposed criminal prohibition is to establish a legal responsibility for the following: 1) introduction by the subject of a knowingly unconstitutional legislative initiative; 2) submission of an official positive feedback on an obviously unconstitutional bill on amendments or supplements to the criminal legislation; 3) lobbying an obviously unconstitutional bill. It is expected that the introduction of article 278.1 of the criminal code will make a significant contribution to ensure the constitutional security of the Russian Federation.