Terrorism Financing: Disputable Qualification Issues

The article is devoted to the analysis of individual problems of practical implementation of the criminal law norm on liability for financing terrorism (Part 1.1 of Article 205.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The author pays special attention to the issue of the means and moment of termination of terrorist financing. The article argues the conclusion that the use by a person of different electronic means of payment and places for making money transfers cannot be recognized as a determining criterion for the general conclusion about the absence of signs of ongoing terrorist financing. Based on the study of doctrinal sources and materials of law enforcement practice, the author formulates recommendations for the qualification of the crime under study.