On the issue of the qualification of suicide of a person who is financially or otherwise dependent, according to the legislation of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan

The article analyzes the qualified elements of the crime provided for in paragraph “a” of Part 2 of Art. 110 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), and Part 2 of Art. 109 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan (hereinafter referred to as the Criminal Code of the Republic of Tajikistan), which provides for criminal liability for incitement to suicide or attempted suicide, taking into account the qualifying feature: the presence of financial or other dependence of the victim on the perpetrator. Based on the results of revealing the peculiarities of the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim, on whom the latter is dependent, an analysis of possible forms and methods of committing the crime under study was carried out. An attempt has been made to describe the concept of material and other types of dependence on the guilty party, in which a suicide may find themselves. The behavior of the victim and his possible role in the mechanism of committing the crime under analysis are characterized, which can be of high importance in the investigation of incitement to suicide in the presence of financial or other dependence on the perpetrator as a qualifying feature. Additional risk factors for driving to suicide or attempted suicide due to financial or other dependence on the perpetrator have been identified.