Title: SUBJECT OF CRIMES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLES 228, 228.1 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Abstract: The article deals with the debatable issues of the general criminal law characteristic of the subject ofdrug-related crimes. The meaning and place of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and plant-baseddrugs referred to in articles 228 and 228.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in the crime aredetermined on the basis of the provisions of the study on the subject of the crime. The reasonable conclusionis that these drugs, substances and plant-based drugs belong to the subject of the crime as a separate sign ofcorpus delicti. Views on the definition and signs of the subject of drug-related crimes are summarized. Thecontent of the signs of the subject of crimes under articles 228 and 228.1 of the Criminal Code of the RussianFederation is specified. The problem of the terminological designation of the subject of the crime is raisedin articles 228 and 228.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.