Keyword: «libel»

The article is devoted to the analysis of Part 4 of Art. 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which provides for the qualifying composition of defamation as defamation that a person suffers from a disease that poses a danger to others. The author correlates Part 4 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation with Part 1 of Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which reveals the concept of libel and the criterion of «defamatory information», which is inherent in any defamatory dispute and concludes that part 4 of Art. 128.1 the criterion of legal certainty and the presence of a legal and technical flaw.