Novels of the Criminal Code of the RF on Liability for Abuses in the Performance of the State Defense Order: Problems of Interpretation and Application

The article discusses the criminological grounds and background of the adoption of the Federal law of December 29, 2017 № 469-FZ «On amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Article151 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation», which introduced liability for abuse of power in the performance of the state defense order in the non-state sector of the economy (art. 201.1 of the Criminal Code) and for abuse of official powers in the performance of the state defense order, infringing on the interests of state power, public service and service in local governments (article 285.4 of the Criminal Code).Formulated private rules for qualif ying relevant crimes and distinguishing them from related crimes and administrative offenses. The controversial and insuff iciently substantiated rule-making decisions underlying the short stories are investigated.