LEGISLATION AND RIGHTS
Original Paper
UDC 343.823.3 © V.A. Shestak, E.A. Postoeva, 2022
ISSN 0041-5790 (Print) • ISSN 2412-8333 (Online) • Ugol’ – Russian Coal Journal, 2022, № 8, pp. 95-99
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18796/0041-5790-2022-8-95-99
Title
Criminal liability for illegal coal mining: Russian and foreign legal regulation
Authors
Shestak V.A.1, Postoeva E.A.1
1MGIMO University, Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation
Authors Information
Shestak V.A., Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor, е-mail: shestak.v.a@mgimo.ru
Postoeva E.A., Master of Jurisprudence, e-mail: postoeva.j@yandex.ru
Abstract
The article discusses the issues of criminal prosecution for illegal coal mining. The authors analyze the current Russian and foreign legislation. Russian criminal law considers illegal coal mining as an illegal enterprise. In China, Indonesia, India and Australia, there are separate laws aimed at comprehensive regulation of mining. These laws contain provisions on criminal liability, which can be imposed on both individuals and legal entities. Fines and imprisonment are the main types of punishments imposed for illegal coal mining. In comparison with the criminal norms of the leading countries on coal mining, Russian criminal legislation in this area is characterized by the absence of special norms on illegal coal mining and the imposition of a more lenient punishment.
Keywords
Illegal coal mining, Criminal liability, Licensing, Imprisonment, Fine, China, Indonesia, India, Australia.
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For citation
Shestak V.A. &Postoeva E.A. Criminal liability for illegal coal mining: Russian and foreign legal regulation. Ugol’, 2022, (8), pp. 95-99. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.18796/0041-5790-2022-8-95-99.
Paper info
Received July 4, 2022
Reviewed July 18, 2022
Accepted July 25, 2022
