The concept of special cruelty in the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Russian Federation

From an analysis of Plenum of the Supreme Court of Russian Federation from 27.01.1999 № 1 ?About judicial practice in cases of murder (Article 105 of the Criminal Codes of Russian Federation)?, from 15.06.2004 № 11 ?About the jurisprudence of the crimes referred to in ar?ticles 131 and 132 of the Criminal Codes of the Russian Federation? in the explanation of the concept of ?special cruelty?, the author noted the similarities and differences in the understand?ing of the term test. Based on what is proposed to self-regulation of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of Russian Federation devoted to the issue of establishing common criteria for cruelty.