Criminal law provision of transport security in the CIS countries

The comparative analysis of the Russian and foreign criminal legislation in the field of transport security allows to identify its strengths and weaknesses, as well as to consider the possibility of borrowing positive experience. The CIS countries are taken for comparative studying in view of geographical proximity and taking into account the fact that their legal system is the closest to the Russian one. The study is conducted using mainly comparative law method. The author highlights some trends in the development of modern criminal legislation of the CIS countries in terms of transport security. The article draws attention to the tendency of increasing responsibility for violation of the rules ensuring transport safety, in a state of intoxication or when evading a medical examination to establish this condition. In the CIS countries, responsibility for the majority of transport crimes occurs when there is harm to health of medium gravity as a result of criminal acts. The study allows the author to formulate proposals concerning the possibility of borrowing the experience of a number of the CIS countries in the Russian criminal law.