The article examines certain problems of applying criminal law in the field of countering “raider takeovers”. A brief analysis of the dispositions of part one of article 170.1 and part one of article 185.5 of the Criminal Code, as well as parts 4 and 5 of article 14.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Russia is provided. Attention is drawn to certain shortcomings in the design of crimes and contradictions that arise in law enforcement activities. The judicial practice in criminal cases considered under these articles in various regions of Russia is summarized, and excerpts from court verdicts and judicial acts of the appellate and cassation instances are given. The problems of qualification of socially dangerous attacks committed with the aim of seizing control of organizations, and their competition with related crimes and administrative offenses are touched upon. The points of view of some scientific and practical workers on the topic are given and the author’s personal position on solving the problems that have arisen is expressed in order to avoid mistakes in law enforcement practice.

raider takeover, crimes in the field of economic activity, articles 170.1, 185.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and art. 14.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, falsification of decisions, governing bodies of a legal entity, knowingly false information, unified state register, fraud in the field of corporate governance, the end of the crime

Oreshkin Maksim Ivanovich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Head, Bar Association “Optimum” of the Irkutsk region (2, Yaroslav Hasek st., Irkutsk, 664025, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0009-0005-5604-7902, RSCI AuthorID: 1169793, e-mail: morebaik@yandex.ru

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