Keyword: «differentiation of fraud with related crimes»

The author describes the problems of distinguishing the corpus delicti provided for in article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with related corpus delicti and civil law relations. Among the main problems, the article points to the lack of a legislative definition of "the deliberate lack of a person's real ability to fulfill obligations under the contract", the lack of dif-ferentiation of this concept with civil relations when concluding a preliminary purchase and sale agreement. The problems of distinguishing "fraud" from "receiving a bribe" are named.