CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIMES AGAINST DEFENSE OF STATE SECRETS IN AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA AND GEORGIA: COMPARATIVE RESEARCH Papeeva Ksenia Olegovna, PhD at law, Associate Professor. <...> E-mail: snowfoxx@yandex.ru Annotation: The article examines legal-technical defects of the rules providing responsibility for some encroachment on state secrets in Criminal Codes of Russia and States of Transcaucasia. <...> Comparative research is provided and also corrective actions for editorial changes of studied articles are considered. <...> В статье рассматриваются юридико-технические дефекты конструирования норм, предусматривающих ответственность за отдельные посягательства на государственную тайну, в России и странах Закавказья. <...>