LEGAL BASES OF CRIMINAL LAW POLICY IN THE SPHERE OF PROTECTION OF COMPETITION

Abstract

Decrees of the President of the Russian Federation of May 13, 2017 № 208 «On the Economic Security Strategy of the Russian Federation for the period until 2030» and of July 2, 2021 № 400 «On the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation» as the most important tasks for ensuring state and public security determined the prevention of cartel collusion, the suppression of monopolistic activities and anti-competitive agreements, which marked the transition of the state to a new level of criminal law counteraction to attacks on fair competition. At the same time against the background of many years of scientific discussions about the concept of criminal law policy (criminal policy) and its constituent elements, as such, criminal law policy in the field of competition protection has not yet been the subject of research. Meanwhile, this direction of state policy has its own object, subject, tasks, goals and principles, is characterized by a variety of legal forms, has its own promising areas, in particular, those related to the development of criminal law counteraction to unfair competition, the danger of which for the modern economy has not yet been given due attention. In the article, the author's interpretation of the listed elements of the criminal law policy in the field of competition protection is given.