PROBLEMATIC ISSUES AND PRACTICE OF USING THE OPERATIONAL EXPERIMENT BY AL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES BASED ON THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS JUDGMENT FROM 30.10.2014 “CASE OF NOSKO AND NEFEDOV AGAINST THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION” (APPLICATION № 5753/09 AND 11789/10) 

Sizov Vladimir Aleksandrovich, Candidate of sociological sciences, associate professor, sub-department of justice, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia); head of the economic security and anti-corruption office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Penza region (52 Zlobina street, Penza, Russia), vas-055@mail.ru
Meshcheryakovа Anna Fedorovna, Candidate of juridical sciences, associate professor, sub-department of justice, Penza State University (40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia), fuga9@yandex.ru

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Background. The current practice of using the operational experiment in law enforcement to document facts of bribery and commercial bribery is facing problems caused by imperfections in the existing federal law on operative and investigative activities: no legally secured concept of operational experiment, no legally regulated procedure of its conduct. These problems give rise to disputes in assessing the lawfulness of the actions of law enforcement agencies during the operational experiment.
Materials and methods. The article analyzes the regulatory framework, the rejected draft Federal Law № 831609-6 “Оperational-investigative Code of the Russian Federation”, the Resolution of the Supreme Court Plenum from 09.07.2013 № 24 (revised on 03.12.2013) “On judicial practice in cases of bribery and other corruption crimes”, ECHR judgment from 30.10.2014 “Case of Nosko and Nefedov against the Russian Federation” (the complaint № 5753/09 and 11789/10).
Results. The decision of the European Court of Human Rights from 10.30.2014 in the case of “Nosko and Nefedov against Russia” declared the results, obtained in the course of covert operations against doctor Nosko caught red-handed while taking a bribe, to be invalid. The European Court of Human Rights noted that the deficiencies of the operational procedures of the experiment were caused by the lack of adequate legislative regulation. This fact has a negative impact on effectiveness of Russian law enforcement agencies and reduces effectiveness of measures to combat corruption and bribery.
Conclusions. The Russian operational-investigative legislation needs to be improved, in particular, it require legal consolidation of operational concepts of the experiment, the procedure of its conduct meeting and criteria enabling to clearly distinguish legitimate situation modeling during the operational experiment from an incitement to commit a crime.

operational-invistigative actions, operational experiment, detention in the act, corrupt practices, commercial bribery, incitement, provocation.

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