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the updated political and legal conditions (Ledyakh, 1973; Kudryavtsev
and Trusov, 2002; Agilar, 2013). In Russian conditions, concerning the
change of the political and legal regime in the 90s of the last century, this
issue should be resolved based on Part 2 of Article 18 of the Law «On the
Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression», which stipulates:
employees of the Cheka, GPU-OGPU, NKVD, MSS, prosecutor’s oces,
judges, members of commissions, «special meetings», «twos», «threes»,
employees of other bodies that exercised judicial powers, persons who
participated in the investigation and consideration of cases, who were
found guilty of crimes against justice following the established procedure
on political repression, are criminally liable based on the current criminal
legislation (Federal law of the Russian Federation No. 1761-1, 1991).
Meanwhile, there are several legal obstacles to the implementation of
this order (including the doctrine of the execution of the order, the statute
of limitations for bringing to responsibility, compliance with the procedural
procedure for bringing certain categories of ocials to responsibility), and
most importantly, political properties. In a summary, the main factors
contributing to this, in our opinion, are as follows:
• In Russia, unlike, for example, post-war Germany, there were no
ocially established signs of crime and guilt in the behavior of the
state itself and it bodies in conducting illegal policies, we recognized
the presence of victims of repression, but their subject was not
established.
• The provisions of the Law “On the Rehabilitation of Victims of
Political Repression” allow only representatives of the judiciary and
executive authorities to be found guilty of repression, which does
not allow raising the question of the responsibility of representatives
of legislative bodies, public organizations, and political parties and
indirectly reects the recognition that the illegal nature was not
so much the state policy itself, as its implementation at the law
enforcement level.
• The country still largely retains the priority of a normative
understanding of the right and the identication of right with the law,
there is no developed doctrine of the application of the principles of
law, which generally removes the question of responsibility for the
application of non-legal regulations.
• There is a tendency not to touch on politically sensitive topics and
historical issues, the discussion, and solution of which can serve as
a factor in the destruction of social peace and harmony.
While legal factors can be considered relatively easy to overcome due to
changes in legislation and consistent compliance with the principles and