The authors of the article critically comprehend a common in the theory of criminal law thesis postulating the impossibility of the existence of unfinished extortion (as well as other so-called formally defined crimes or inchoate crimes). Practical examples of criminal prosecution for preparing for extortion and attempted extortion have been demonstrated. It has been revealed that significant difficulties in distinguishing between unfinished extortion and completed extortion are caused by the subjects of law enforcement at the moment when extortion ends. A separate part of the article is devoted to the doctrinal approaches to the legal assessment of unfinished forced extortion. The controversial aspects of qualification of unfinished forced extortion in practice are analyzed. Based on the analysis of the materials of judicial practice, the authors propose features that form an objective side of preparation for extortion and attempted extortion. The issue of voluntary refusal to bring extortion to the end is also under consideration.

extortion, unfinished extortion, preparation for extortion, attempted extortion, voluntary refusal

Aseev Andrey Yurievich – Student, Siberian Law University (12, Korolenko st., Omsk, 644010, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0000-0002-3339-3272, ResearcherID: AGF-0226-2022, RSCI AuthorID: !!!, e-mail: a.andrei1999@yandex.ru

Chekmezova Elena Ivanovna – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of the Criminal Law and Criminology, Siberian Law University (12, Korolenko st., Omsk, 644010, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0000-0001-6060-4517, ResearcherID: AGH-8409-2022, RSCI AuthorID: 524122, e-mail: e555@list.ru

Aseev A. Y., Chekmezova E. I. Neokonchennoe vymogatel'stvo [Unfinished extortion] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2023, no 3(102), pp. 53–62. – DOI 10.26516/2071-8136.2023.3.53.

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