SUBJECT OF BRIBERY UNDER THE MODERN CRIMINAL LAW OF RUSSIA

The article analyzes the legal construction of the subject of bribery (article 290–291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), focuses on the content of this objective evidence of the crime; justifies the provision on the expediency of determining the concept of the subject of bribery, taking into account the corresponding provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation; discloses the content of five varieties of the subject of bribery (money, securities, other property, illegal provision of property services, the provision of other property you-year); such peculiarities of the subject of bribery as its property character, the illegality of giving and receiving, as well as the incompetence and the addressee of bribes are investigated, the author’s definition of the subject of bribe-taking as an illegal property benefit in the form of money, securities, other property or in the form of illegal provision of services of property character, granting of other property rights, which is granted to the official, foreign official and public official of the international (including when a bribe is transferred to another physical or legal person upon the instructions of a debtor) for the commission of actions (inaction) in favor of the bribe-taker or the persons represented by him if such actions (inaction) are part of the official duties of a duty officer or if, by virtue of his official position, he can contribute to the specified actions (inaction), as well as for general patronage or connivance in the service or for the commission of illegal actions (inaction) by an official.