Problems of Criminal Liability for Violation of the Rules of Protection and Use of Mineral Resourcesproblems of Criminal Liability for Violation of the Rules of Protection and Use of Mineral Resources

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Introduction: the article is devoted to the study of the effectiveness of criminal legal impact related to the protection of public relations arising from violations of the rules of protection and use of mineral resources. Literature Review: the works have been studied E.A. Galinovskaya, S.I. Golubeva, N.V. Kichigin, A.A. Kuleshova, T.A. Yakovleva and other scientists devoted to the legal regulation of subsurface use, including criminal liability for violations of the rules of protection and use of subsurface resources. Materials and Methods: the methodological basis of the research was made up of general scientific and special methods: historical, system-structural, logical, historical-legal, formal-legal, comparative-legal, etc. The empirical basis of the study was strategic planning documents; federal and regional legislation; materials of investigative and judicial practice, as well as publications presented in open sources (mass media) on the subject under study. Results: the article describes the legal regulation of subsurface use in the Russian Federation, its individual shortcomings are noted; the problems that arise when bringing persons to criminal responsibility for violating the rules of protection and use of subsurface resources are highlighted; based on the analysis of domestic and foreign experience in constructing criminal law norms and their substantive content, it is concluded that part 1 of the article The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation needs to be improved, and appropriate proposals have been formulated. Discussion and Conclusions: it is proposed to incorporate regulatory legal acts regulating the use and protection of subsurface resources, which will make it possible to identify and qualify violations in this area faster and more effectively, determine the type of legal liability and apply specific legal norms; to consolidate at the legislative level the concepts of "subsurface area", "use of subsurface", "protection of subsurface" and a number of others; to differentiate responsibility for violation of the rules of protection and use of mineral resources by amending part 1 of Article 255 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.