Recently, legislative practice has observed an approach to constructing the provisions of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, where the perpetrator of the crime is a person who performs actions superficially similar to those of other accomplices, which leads to a violation of the systemic nature of current criminal legislation. This article examines the reasons for including provisions regarding special accomplices in the Special Part of the Criminal Code. It was found that the rapid growth of criminal law provisions regarding special accomplices in the Special Part of the Criminal Code is due to shortcomings in the regulatory provisions governing the institution of complicity, including the grounds and differentiation of criminal liability for accomplices in the General Part of the Criminal Code. Furthermore, the author draws attention to the existence of a genetic link between these provisions and the institution of complicity.