Features and rules for qualifying the illegal use of a subscriber terminal for transmitting traffic

Viktor Borkov

UDC 343.34

FEATURES AND RULES FOR QUALIFYING THE ILLEGAL USE OF A SUBSCRIBER TERMINAL FOR TRANSMITTING TRAFFIC Features and rules for qualifying the illegal use of a subscriber terminal for transmitting traffic

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Published in Bulletin of the Kaliningrad branch of the Saint-Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia · Issue 3 · Pages 9–16 · Rubric: CRIMINAL LAW AND FEATURES OF QUALIFICATION OF CRIMES

Received: 30.06.2026 Accepted: 30.09.2026 Published: 30.09.2026

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Viktor Borkov

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Viktor Borkov

Academic degree: doctor of jurisprudence sciences

Science rang: docent

Omsk Academy of the Ministry of the Interior of the Russian Federation Omsk

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ABSTRACT

Annotation. Introduction. Illegal use of a subscriber terminal for transmitting traffic allows criminals to act anonymously, on a large scale and remotely, which significantly increases the public danger of theft, incitement to participate in sabotage and terrorist acts. The mere operation of a SIM box, although it creates the conditions for crimes, was not considered complicity in their commission until recently. This gap in criminalization was eliminated by supplementing the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with Art. 274.3. Methods. The study, the results of which are presented in the article, was based on the dialectical method of cognition. In the course of the work, logical and system-structural methods, as well as analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction were used. Results. It was established that part 1 of Art. 274.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation refers to three alternative criminal offenses: use in committing a crime of a subscriber terminal for transmitting traffic, serviced by another person; servicing a subscriber terminal for committing crimes by other persons; the use of a subscriber terminal to commit a crime by a person who ensures the operation of the terminal. It is shown that the «intent to commit another crime» when qualifying the actions of a subject solely ensuring the operation of the terminal should be interpreted broadly: it is necessary to take into account the perpetrator's awareness of creating conditions conducive to the criminal activity of others. Any other interpretation would deprive the norm in question of its primary purpose – criminalizing the creation of conditions conducive to the commission of other offenses using information and telecommunications technologies in the absence of evidence of complicity. Criteria for determining the grave consequences of the illegal use or maintenance of a subscriber terminal (part 1 of Art. 274.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) are proposed. The presence of such consequences may be evidenced, in particular, by the scale of the criminal activity, the number of offenses committed using the terminal and the number of victims, as well as the harm caused to the security of society and the state. Grave consequences of using a terminal or virtual telephone exchange include creating conditions conducive to committing an act of terrorism, sabotage, or an attempt on the life of a public figure.

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Use of a subscriber terminal, maintenance of a subscriber terminal, purpose of committing a crime, complicity in a crime, creation of conditions for a crime, involvement in a crime

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Borkov V. N. (2026). Features and rules for qualifying the illegal use of a subscriber terminal for transmitting traffic. Bulletin of the Kaliningrad branch of the Saint-Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia(3), 9-16. URL: https://vestnikkf.ru/en/nauka/publications/article/6a9c166a32807fdbab874bbf/features-and-rules-for-qualifying-the-illegal-use-of-a-subscriber-terminal-for-transmitting-traffic/view

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