THE ILLEGAL FELLING FOREST TREES: THE OBJECT OF CRIME PROBLEMS OF DEFINITION
One of the main reasons for the reduction of forests (excluding forest fires) - is a violation of the forest legislation, namely, illegal felling of trees. Accurate information on the extent of illegal logging (on the volume of illegally felled timber) Russia lacks. The article analyzes the elements of a crime «Illegal felling of forest plantations» in the context of the provisions of the forest law. The authors note that to ask the question of a plantation forest or not, you must determine the main feature of plantations - locus - namely forest. Unfortunately, the concept of forest in the Forest Code of the Russian Federation is not contained, and use, preservation, protection, reforestation carried out based on the concept of the forest as an ecological system, or as a natural resource. Trees, saplings and undergrowth in forest nurseries are also a commercial product and become the subject of a crime only after their transplantation into the natural habitat. Plenum of the Supreme Court, as well as many scholars do not pay attention to the general locus - finding plants in the forests and on the ownership of forest resources, as well as on the subject, which will be harmed by logging. The authors critically analyze the provisions of Article 260 of the Criminal Code and Resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court concerning the definition of the subject crimes copyrights options offered its definition.