Criminal Law Meaning of Smuggling Methods

Abstract

The author analyzes the articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation stipulating liability for smuggling taking into account the provisions of the Agreement on the Customs Code of the Customs Union and creation of a single customs territory of the Customs Union within the EAEU as well as the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and creation of the customs territory of the EAEU as well as the clarifications of the resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated April 27, 2017 No. 12 On Judicial Practice in Smuggling Cases. Special attention is paid to consideration of issues relating to determination of smuggling methods, the liability for which is stipulated by articles 200¹, 200², 226¹ and 229¹ of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation including the issues concerning smuggling across the customs border of the Customs Union within the EAEU and the state border of the Russian Federation with the Customs Union member states within the EAEU.