ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY: CURRENT PROBLEMS OF DETECTING AND PREVENTING Sverdyukov Nikolay Vitalievich, PhD at law. <...> Position: Associate professor at criminal law and criminology chair. <...> Place of employment: Russian State Oil and Gas University, named after I.M. Gubkin. <...> E-mail: sverdiukov@mail.ru Annotation: The oil and gas industry has a profound impact on the environmental safety of Russia. <...> Major sources of pollution are mining, processing plants, as well as companies transporting oil by pipelines, natural gas and refined products. <...> Much of the technological impacts of oil and gas industry on the environment is the result of gross violations of environmental laws. <...> Difficulty of finding evidence of environmental crime and the establishment of specific offenders contribute to the latency of environmental crimes. <...> In this regard, priority is given to the administrative law. <...> The paper proposes to use the experience of foreign law and apply criminal liability of companies (legal entities) for committing environmental crimes. <...> DG, N.V. Suslov, Public prosecutor's supervision over the implementation of envТronmОnЭКХ ХОРТsХКЭТon. "InНЮsЭrТКХ ОМoХoРв", 2013, №8. http://www.ecoindustry.ru/magazine/archive/viewdoc/2013 /8/3031.html A. Dolgova. <...> Comments on Chapter 26 of Criminal Code of the RF. <...> Нефтегазовая промышленность оказывает сильное воздействие на состояние экологической безопасности России. <...> В статье предлагается использовать опыт зарубежного законодательства и вводить уголовную ответственность компаний (юридических лиц) на совершение экологических преступлений. <...>