EMBEZZLEMENT OF THE DIGITAL RUBLE: SPECIAL ASPECTS OF QUALIFICATION

The paper performs a system analysis of algorithms of qualification of embezzlements, the subject of which is the digital ruble. The author uses methods of generalization, modeling and analogy to review the legal status of the digital ruble, special aspects of its circulation and develop a set of criteria to demarcate this concept from the ones that are similar in terms of constituent elements: theft from a bank account (Clause d of Part 3 of Art 158 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and fraud with the use of electronic payment means (Art 159.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).