Annotation

The article is motivated by the need to overcome the revealed systemic gap between criminal procedural law and the norms of substantive criminal law in matters of providing guarantees of protection to a person having entered into a plea bargain from unlawful attacks on them by incriminated persons. Despite the fact that the testimony of the parties to a plea bargain often serves as an effective tool in combating organized crime groups, their criminal protection in the Russian Federation is not at the required level. Chapter 31 of the criminal law does not provide for liability for illegal influence on persons having entered into a plea bargain. To overcome the revealed gap, it is necessary to take into account the difference in the procedural status of a witness and a person having entered into a plea bargain. For this purpose, it is proposed to introduce a new article in Chapter 31 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which would protect the rights and legitimate interests of parties to a plea bargain from illegal influence on them by suspects (accused, convicted) and other persons.