The Implementation of Article 20 of the United Nations Convention against Corruption 2003 into Russian Criminal Law

The article concentrates on the necessity ofthe implementation of article 20 of the United Nations Convention against corruption 2003 describing the regulation of illicit enrichment into Russian criminal law. The problems on the way of the criminalization of the article are connected with the principle of presumption of innocence and the right not to testify against oneself, the spouse and close relatives, which are guaranteed by the Constitution of the Russian Federation. A detailed analysis of these principles was made from the viewpoint of International Law, and the possibility of their execution within the realization of the article criminalizing illicit enrichment. There was determined and argued the legality and necessity of implementing the norm regulating illicit enrichment into Russian Criminal Law