Chapter 22 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation protecting public relations in the economic activity sphere, based on the Russian Federation Laws of 2010, April 7; 2010, May 19; 2010, June 17; 2010, July 1; 2010, July 27 was subjected to essential changes and supplements in April July 2010. In accordance with the Federal Law of April 7, dispositions of Articles 171, 172 and 174-1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation were subjected to changes. And according to the Law under consideration, Article 173 of the Code dealing with the responsibility for false business undertaking was declared invalid. According to the Law of May 19, the function of Part 3 of Article 195 was extended to other credit organizations. In accordance with the Law of June 17, Article 184 was supplemented with the Note, according to which a person has an absolute discharge if there was extortion, or if the given person voluntarily informed the organ competent to institute a criminal case about bribing. In accordance with the Law of July 1, new norms were introduced into Chapter 22: Article 170-1 Falsification of the Unified State Register of Juridical Persons, the Register of Owners of Securities or Systems of Depository Control; Article 185-5 Falsification of the Decision of General Meeting of Shareholders, or the Decision of the Board of Directors of the Joint-Stock Company. These norms are directed to the struggle with raids. In accordance with the Law of July 27, Article 185-3 was subjected to change. At the same time according to the above-mentioned Law, Article 185-6 establishing criminal responsibility for illegal use of inside information was introduced into Chapter 22. According to the Law of April 7, proportions of income and damage as a result of an economic crime were essentially enlarged. In the new version of the Criminal Code the economy of repression is observed, which testifies about the humanization of the Code. The aim of this humanization is also the decriminalisation of some economic crimes with the establishment of administrative responsibility for them. Chapter 22 of the Criminal Code is not an exception. Simultaneously, committing new crimes in the economic activity sphere is possible. But due to the humanization of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the tendency must prevail of the reduction of the Criminal Law interference with the economic activity sphere.

Анализируются изменения, внесённые законодателем в гл. 22 Уголовного кодекса Российской Федерации в апреле июле 2010 г. На основании этого выявляются тенденции дальнейшего развития отечественного уголовного законодательства, охраняющего общественные отношения в сфере экономической деятельности.