CRIMINAL AND LEGAL PROTECTION OF THE MOST PRECIOUS ANIMALS AND AQUATIC BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES (SUITABILITY OF CRIMINALIZATION OF ARTICLE 258.1 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
The article provides the analysis of a legal norm specified in Article 258.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Illegal Catching and Trading Wild Animals and Aquatic Biological Resources Listed in the Russian Federation Red Data Book and (or) Those Protected by Russia International Treaties”) from the viewpoint of the suitability of its criminalization, as well as correlation with allied elements represented in Chapter 26 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation dedicated to ecological crimes. On the basis of the conducted investigation the author concludes that the criminalization of Article 258.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is justified, reveals possible problems of the competition of Article 258.1 with Articles 256, 259, clause “в” of part 1 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, formulates her position on this problem.