CONTENT AND LEGAL DEFINITION OF THE SELF-SERVING AND OTHER PERSONAL INTEREST

The motive is pointed as a mandatory sign of a mental element of crimes in a number of articles of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation (Republic of Armenia). There is considered two types of motives which often provide the foundation for a different sort of crimes in the article. These motives are: mercenary and (or) another personal interest. The results of researches of the historical and legal documents concerning to a problem of legal definition of the specified two terms in brief regarding crimes against the state are represented in the given article. There are investigated and exposed to the analysis the interpretations of the specified terms developed in a science and judiciary practice too. It is proposed to introduce the precise definition of the terms «mercenary» and «another personal interest» in the Criminal Codes as the Russian Federation, and Republic of Armenia in order to prevent any treatment of the specified two types of the motives.