questions: 1. General characteristics of the legal liability of military personnel. 2. Types of legal liability of military personnel under Russian law. In the process of educating military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the method of persuasion is mainly used, but in relation to persons who violate laws and the rule of law, the method of state coercion is used, one of the most important measures of which is the legal responsibility of military personnel. 1 The legal responsibility of military personnel is an important and necessary means of maintaining military law and order, one of the guarantees of its stability and effectiveness. In Russian law, legal liability is understood as a form of state coercion to comply with the requirements of laws and other by-laws, which contains condemnation of the actions of the offender by the state and society and entails legal consequences that are unfavorable for the perpetrator, as established by the norms of law. The legal responsibility of citizens is characterized by a number of features; it is established by the state; it occurs only for committing an offense; it is applied by state bodies and officials within the limits of their established powers; it consists in applying certain measures of state coercion (legal sanctions) to the offender. All military personnel, regardless of their military rank and position, are equal before the law and bear the legal responsibility established for citizens of the Russian Federation, taking into account their legal status. The specifics of military service, military legal relations and the status of military personnel determine the specifics of their legal responsibility: the State has defined a wider range of offenses, for which only military personnel are responsible.; increased responsibility has been established for the commission of certain offenses by military personnel; in accordance with the principle of unity of command, commanders (superi ... Read more