Criminological problems of Russian sports

The modern Russian Criminal Code provides for criminal liability unlawfully influencing the result of a sports competition (fixed match), as well inducing an athlete to use or using substances and (or) methods means prohibited in against athlete. In December 2021, State Duma passed first reading draft law on combating fixed matches. Russia is party international acts aimed at manipulation results competitions doping. Serious work underway country restore image after doping scandals 2014. At same time, official judicial statistics do not allow us fully assess real size crime committed field sports. There are practically no cases. A significant factor that makes it difficult understand true state affairs its closeness autonomy. Although articles about matches systematically published media. It was these problems determined need comprehensive criminological study course research, content analysis, documentary method general scientific were used, such comparison, analysis synthesis, statistical specifically sociological methods, deductive method. showed policy current legislation cause well-founded criticism scientists, lawyers, athletes, primarily inefficiency.