Modern Russian criminal law is based on the principle of differentiation of criminal liability, which assumes that only those acts that have a significant degree of public danger should be considered criminal. Based on this, the issue of distinguishing crimes and the insignificance of an act that formally contains elements of a crime, but because of its insignificance, does not pose a public danger, becomes particularly relevant.
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