Problemic aspects of criminalization of exceptions on freedom of economic relations in the sphere of public procurement

The scientific article is devoted to the norms of the criminal law, providing for liability for encroachments on the freedom of economic relations in the procurement of goods, works and services. The author analyzes crimes in the field of public procurement for their compliance with the criteria of criminalization. The social and legal conditionality of the establishment of criminal responsibility for the commission of these crimes has been substantiated. The defects of the legal structure of articles of the criminal law on liability for encroachments on the freedom of economic relations in the field of procurement of goods, works and services are highlighted. Among them: the lack of consistency of legislation on criminal liability for encroachments on the freedom of economic relations in the procurement of goods, works and services; violation of the relationship of the criminal law with the relevant norms of administrative and tort legislation; disadvantages of legal technique.