UDK: 343.271

Valeriy F. Tsepelev - Doctor of Law, professor, honored lawyer of the Russian Federation, Academy of Management of the MIA of Russia, The Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)

Abstract. The current paper has considered the concepts of “national security”, “threat to national security”, “tasks of criminal policy” and how they are interconnected with enforcing transport security. The attention has been focused on the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation in the context of the criminal policy of the Russian Federation. There has been indicated the significance of crime as a threat to the national security of Russia in general, and transport security in particular. There have been analyzed the main threats to transport security and the types of objects of criminal law protection that develop in the considered legal relations. There has been developed an approach to solve the problems related to the strategy and tactics of combating crime in this area, as well as to improve the criminal and related legislation of the Russian Federation.

UDK: 343.271

Nataliya Ed. Martynenko - Doctor of Law, professor, Academy of Management of the MIA of Russia

Elena Yu. Titushkina - Candidate of law, associate professor, Academy of Management of the MIA of Russia

Abstract. The current paper has considered the criminal policy of the country in relation to crimes in the field of road safety and concluded that since the number of road traffic crimes increases, the country tightens responsibility for their commission. This is especially true of transport crimes committed while intoxicated. It is impossible to protect transport security by criminal legal means without the use of other mean, such as administrative, civil, disciplinary, etc.

UDK: 351.81

Elena An. Drozdova - Candidate of law, Russian University of Transport (MIIT)

Oksana V. Kochkina - senior researcher, Research Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia

Abstract. The current paper has considered the organizational and legal aspects of activities to enforce transport security. The authors have analyzed the main regulatory framework governing transport security in the Russian Federation. The work has focused on the organizational aspects of the activity, namely the allocation of subjects and objects of this activity, the distribution of possible responsibility and existing approaches to this issue. As a result of the analysis, there has been developed an approach, the classification of transport security subjects depending on the type of interest. The proposed approach could help to see some problems, and the proposed classification reflects the effectiveness of the activities of the designated entities and makes it possible to improve activities to enforce transport security.

UDK: 343.132:628.5:656.2(075.8)

Mariya S. Shuvaeva - Candidate of Law, senior lecturer of the department of criminalistics of the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation named after V.Y. Kikot

Abstract. Crashes and accidents occurring on railway transport are usually very public crimes. They instantly become public, actively discussed in the media. Therefore, they refer to the events that require urgent intervention not only by law enforcement agencies, but also by government authorities in order to find out the reasons, identify and punish responsible people and take measures to prevent such incidents in the future. The current paper has considered the concerns of investigation of crashes and accidents on railway transport at the initial stage of their investigation.

UDK: 343.346

Vladimir Eg. Sudenko - Candidate of Law, docent, associate professor of the department ‘Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics’ of the Law Institute of the Russian University of Transport (MIIT), honorary worker of higher education of the Russian Federation

Abstract. The current paper has considered the problems that arise when using the knowledge and skills of a specialist in the process of investigating crimes in general and transport crimes in particular. The importance of using the knowledge of a specialist in the investigation of crimes committed at transport infrastructure facilities has been determined by the high complexity of the transport structure of the national economy, quite a few specific features of the functioning of various sectors of transport, including rail, air, sea, waterways and underground. Investigations of transport crimes and other offenses on road transport are no less difficult. All this has determined the particular importance and the extreme necessity to use special knowledge of a very different nature related to the indicated modes of transport. For example, on railway transport they are the spheres of energy supply, electrical circuits, signaling and communications, locomotive and carriage facilities, track facilities, including turnouts and dead ends, bridges and tunnels, station structures, passenger platforms and many others. These features have determined not only the importance to apply special knowledge, but also their particular importance to establish the objective truth in the committed transport crime.

UDK: 343.7

Anatoliy An. Primachenok - Candidate of Law, docent, professor of the department ‘Criminal Law and Criminology’ of the educational institution of the Academy of the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Belarus

Aleksey V. Kovalchuk - Candidate of Law, docent, associate professor of the department ‘Criminal Law and Criminology’ of the educational institution of the Academy of the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Belarus

Abstract. The current paper has analyzed the problem of applying the norms on criminal liability for coercion, compulsion or incitement of a driver to violate traffic rules or vehicle operation, which inadvertently entailed serious consequences. There has been argumented a necessity to introduce criminal liability for these acts as an independent norm of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

UDK: 343.148.6

Valeriy L. Popov - senior lecturer of the department ‘Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics’ of the Law Institute of the Russian University of Transport

Abstract. Judicial practice shows that the successful investigation of most criminal cases today is impossible without the use of forensic examination, which, due to nowaday advances in scientific and technical means and methods, is the most effective way to apply special knowledge that has evidentiary value in criminal proceedings. There are crimes where it is impossible to do without forensic examination. This kind of criminal cases include crimes that violate traffic safety and the operation of transport, provided for in Ch. 27 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. At the same time, with the modern development of forensic examination in the governmental forensic institutions there were no and there are still no forensic specialists to support the investigation of railway, air, maritime and water transport. At the same time, such examinations are carried out on a paid basis by non-governmental non-profit forensic organizations, without appropriate forensic t qualifications and without clearly established methods and methods of their production. As a result, there is no objectivity, completeness and reliability of the conducted examination, since it conflicts with the theoretical and methodological foundations of forensic examination. To understand this, there have been studied the reasons for the existing forensic practice in the transport block and there have been proposed the measures within the framework of the Law Institute of the Russian University of Transport that can and should move the solution to this problem in a positive direction.

UDK: 343.98 (347.948.2)

Igor V. Kiselevich - Candidate of Law, associate professor of the department ‘Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics’ of the Law Institute of the Russian University of Transport

Abstract. There are many road accidents on the roads of this country. Acccording to the effects on vehicles and people, they can be both of minor and major effect. And in all cases, it is necessary to inspect and fix damage to cars in order to study them. The analysis of civil cases on road traffic accidents shows that many drivers, in order to save time, negotiate with each other without calling the traffic police officers, then draw up the so-called "Europrotocol" and send it to their insurance companies to pay compensation or restore cars in specialized auto repair shops. The current paper has considered the features of inspection and fixation of damage to vehicles by car owners without calling the traffic police to the scene, and also analyzed Art. 11.1 of the Federal Law "On Compulsory Insurance of Civil Liability of Vehicle Owners".

UDK: 343.3/.7

Vladimir Al. Zhavoronkov - senior lecturer of the department ‘Criminal law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics’ of the Law Institute of the Russian University of Transport

Abstract. The current paper has analyzed the features of the unlawful act envisaged by Art. 326 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (falsification or destruction of the vehicle identification number), considered as one of the links in a criminal scheme related to unlawful seizure of a vehicle for the purpose of its theft and subsequent resale. There have been considered some legal problems that arise during the registration of vehicles with modified identification numbers. In conclusion, the author has proposed specific measures for applying identification numbers to new vehicles at manufacturing plants, which would reduce the number of such crimes. Also, there have been identified other possibilities for eliminating the causes and conditions for the crimes associated with illegal modification of an identification numbers of vehicles.

UDK: 351.81

Elena An. Drozdova - Candidate of Law, associate professor of the department ‘Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics’ of the Law Institute of the Russian University of Transport

Oksana V. Kochkina - researcher of the department of psychological support of professional activities of employees of the penitentiary system of the Center for research on problems of execution of criminal sentences and psychological support of professional activities of employees of the penitentiary system of the Research Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia

Abstract. The current paper has analyzed the historical periods of the British Transport Police formation. The attention has been focused on the peculiarities of the formation of police management bodies, as well as on some issues of legal regulation of the British police activities. There have been analyzed the reasons and conditions that prompted the establishment of this body, as well as some regulatory legal framework governing the British Transport Police activities. For the Russian Federation, the presented experience is of great use, since the field of transport security enforcement is a complex and multifaceted area that requires additional study using effective, long-term experience, which has been obtained by foreign countries.