About language problems in Articles 274.3-274.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

Abstract

This work is devoted to a number of shortcomings related to the use of linguistic constructions by the legislator in the novelties of the domestic criminal law - articles 274.3-274.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation introduced in 2025. In particular, it is considered: 1) synecdoche (in the context of replacing the singular with the plural); 2) inconsistency of sentence fragments used in the construction of crimes; 3) excessive duplication of words that violate the principle of richness of speech; 4) unjustified use of the conjunction «and» as an alternative to the conjunction «or»; 5) the lack of normative definitions for special technical terminology; 6) inconsistency of the name and parts 1-3 of art. 274.3 of the Criminal Code; 7) problematic evaluative vocabulary in the context of art. 274.3 of the Criminal Code. The practical significance of the research lies in the author’s presentation of proposals for adjustments to the normative material in the context of the above-mentioned flaws.