Problems of defining the term “financing” in relation to certain types of criminal activity in Russian criminal legislation

The article examines some constructions of the elements of crimes that establish criminal liability for the financing of certain types of criminal activity (terrorism, sabotage, extremism, armed formation, mercenary activity, act of international terrorism), draws attention to the non-unified approach of the legislator to the content of such a criminalizing feature of these structures as “financing”, leading to a violation of fundamental technical and legal principles While not contributing to ensuring the unity of law enforcement practice, proposals for their improvement are formulated on the basis of specific norms of the criminal law.