CRIMES AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER: JURIDICAL CHARACTERISTIC AND CLASSIFICATION ISSUES Kuznetsov Alexander Pavlovich, Dr of law, professor, Distinguished Lawyer of Russian Federation, Honored Scientist of Russia. <...> E-mail: mnn_mn@mail.ru Annotation: This Article examines problematic issues regarding the legal characterization of crimes against administrative order with focusing on difficulties in classification of the criminal offence and the legal construction of its objective and mental elements. <...> Keywords: administration, criminal offence, prosecution, criminal liability, legal characterization, classification, explanatory note, elements of offence. . <...>