On the Issue of Criminal Liability for Violation of Requirements for Anti-Terrorist Security of Facilities (Territories)

The active transformation of terrorist-related criminal activities necessitates a timely and prompt response to the emergence of new challenges and threats, including in terms of improving the anti-terrorism protection of various objects and territories. Despite the fact that at present the stated problems are receiving close attention from government authorities, in practice many situations arise when the legislative requirements for anti-terrorism protection are ignored. In this context, it seems relevant to assess the effectiveness of existing measures of responsibility for such illegal behavior. The purpose of the presented study is the novelties of Russian legislation regulating criminal liability for violation of the requirements for anti-terrorist protection of objects (territories). The author comes to the conclusion that the analysis of the practical aspects of ensuring anti-terrorist protection clearly demonstrates a number of trends that negatively affect the effectiveness of the analyzed activities (ignoring on the part of the owners and owners of objects (territories) of certain legislative requirements; fragmented control activities carried out by competent departments, which aimed primarily at the planned format of implementation; weak effectiveness of preventive activities). The ineffectiveness of administrative responsibility provided for in Art. 20.35 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, due to minor legal consequences in the form of a fine for offenders, which contributes to the persistence of their illegal behavior. Attention is focused on the timeliness and validity of introducing criminal liability in this area, which will make it possible to attract the perpetrators in the event of repeated violations of legal requirements, as well as the occurrence of serious negative consequences.