On the Current Situation with the Enforcement of Articles 195–197 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and Possible Measures to Change It

the article examines the current situation with the application of Articles 195–197 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation aimed against criminal bankruptcy. Attention is drawn to the discrepancy between the scope and practice of their application and the scale of socially dangerous behavior in the field of bankruptcy. Measures are proposed to remove this contradiction: concentration in the arbitration court within the bankruptcy case of all disputes related to the bankruptcy of a specific debtor, including disputes on criminal and administrative liability; the introduction of a prosecutor into the bankruptcy case, if such is of public law significance; the use of private prosecution in a criminal dispute related to criminal bankruptcy.