Counteraction to pornography traffic in Russia and China: comparative legal analysis

The importance of the research topic lies in the emerging trend of annual growth in the number of detected crimes in the sphere of illegal traffic in pornographic materials and subjects. Domestic legal mechanisms in this sphere are not effective enough, because the prevalence of illegal trafficking in pornography does not correlate with the number of persons brought to criminal liability. This thesis is confirmed by statistical materials, according to which the relative prevalence of pornographic products per capita in Russia exceeds the same indicators in the People’s Republic of China. As the tasks of comparative legal research the study of the experience of the People’s Republic of China in regulating the pornography traffic, identification of distinctive features that can be used to optimize the domestic criminal legislation. This choice is conditioned by the similarity in the issues of counteraction to pornography traffic in Russia and China, which consists in the fact that both countries rely on common international legal standards. The research is based on the provisions of Russian, Chinese and international legislation in the sphere of counteraction to pornography traffic, while the empirical basis is statistical data and Internet research. The similarities and differences in the approaches of Russian and Chinese legislators to counteracting pornography traffic are analyzed. On the basis of the analysis, the need to adjust the content of criminal legal norms taking into account the positive foreign experience is substantiated.