LIABILITY FOR CORRUPTION: THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ARTICLE 291 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND ARTICLE 19.28 OF THE CODE OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENSES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

The article analyzes the relationship between the administrative liability of a legal entity for unlawful remuneration (Article 19.28 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) and the criminal liability of an individual for bribery (Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) in the context of the implementation of international anticorruption standards. The issues examined include the coincidence of the object and the objective element of the specified offenses, differences regarding the subjects and sanctions, and the practice of holding liable for the same corruption-related offence. Based on an analysis of the positions of the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the conclusion is drawn that there is formal compliance with the non bis in idem principle, despite the actual existence of an "ideal cross-branch concurrence of offenses".