Means of committing crimes in the field of computer information under the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan
A. G. Korpeev · Juridical Journal of Samara University · 2025
The legal nature of the means of committing crimes in the field of computer information under the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation and Turkmenistan is examined in a comparative manner. A general descriptionof the means of committing crimes in the field of computer information is given, their modification and classification are described. Taking into account the complex of grounds (information technology, international law, national law and doctrinal nature), the author’s division of the means of committing crimes in the field of computer information is proposed into: computer programs (including malicious ones) or other computer information (Articles 272, 2721, 273, 274, 2741 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, 373, 374, 375, 379 of the Criminal Code of Turkmenistan); computer devices and other means of storing, processing or transmitting computer information (Articles 274, 274-1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, 373, 374, 375, 377 of the Criminal Code of Turkmenistan); information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet and public communications networks (Part 6 of Articles 2721, 274, 2741, 2742 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 379 The Criminal Code of Turkmenistan). It is concluded that theoretical and applied study of legal nature of the means of committing crimes in the field of computer information is an important component of countering criminal encroachments in this area, increases the effectiveness of preventing crimes of this category.