ON THE ISSUE OF THE MAIN TYPES OF CHANGES IN THE CRIMINAL LAW THAT GENERATE THE RETROACTIVE EFFECT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SPECIAL PART OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The article deals with the classification of types of changes in the criminal law that generate the retroactive force of the provisions of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The author focuses attention on the most common types, conditioned by the activity of the domestic legislator in recent years. As a result of the study, there are five main types of changes in the criminal law that give rise to the retroactive effect of the provisions of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.