Keyword: «environmental offenses»

The article examines and compares the legal issues of application of administrative responsibility for environmental offenses in Finland and the Russian Federation, The regulation of administrative liability for environmental offenses both in Russia and in Finland is based on the definition of actual damage, which is reflected in the costs of eliminating the harmful consequences of the offender's activities, which agrees with international laws, in particular, with the recommendations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Within this context the methods of compensation for environmental damage and the effect of the environmental insurance provided by laws, the process of exercising environmental control, as well as the administrative justice system of Finland, the structure and activities of administrative courts are subject to comparison. The research was carried out on the basis of materials from such sources as the Federal Law of the Russian Federation "On Environmental Protection", the Code on Administrative Proceedings, the Finnish Laws "On Nature Protection", "On Environmental Damage Insurance" and "On Administrative Procedure", as well as other regulatory acts of Russia and Finland, which regulate the application of administrative responsibility for environmental violations and issues of environmental insurance.