Novelties of Criminal Laws on Circulation of Falsified Medical Products During a Pandemic

Abstract

The article analyzes the changes in Art. 2381 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, adopted in the context of the global pandemic caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus. The timeliness of these changes is noted, in connection with restrictive and other measures aimed at ensuring the sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population. The amendments made will allow solving the problems arising during the qualification of import for the purpose of marketing unregistered medical products to the territory of the Russian Federation. In the article, the authors rightly draw attention to the need to clarify such a concept as “marketing” of unregistered medical products. A clear definition of the concept of “sales” is necessary for the law enforcement officer, which in turn will help to avoid unjustified criminal prosecution.