Ulyanova, V.V. Problems of applying criminal responsibility for financing terrorism as one of the forms of abetting terrorist activities

Abstract: The article concerns the studies of topical issues regarding implementation of criminal responsibility for abetting terrorism activities in the form of terrorism financing (Art. 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In this article the author comes to a conclusion, that since terrorism financing is a type of criminal abetting, the problems of criminal responsibility for this type of crime are due to the conflicts between the norms of Art. 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the competing norms of criminal law. That is why in this article the author distinguishes the terrorism financing as an independent form of abetting criminal activities from other times of abetting in committing crimes in terrorism direction. The author provides examples of judicial practice illustrating difficulties regarding application of Art. 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in part of terrorism financing. The author of the article also formulated recommendation on resolving the problems of competition between the criminal law norms regarding qualification of acts of a person financing crimes of terrorist direction, organized group, illegal armed formation and criminal community (criminal organization).

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