Abstract: The subject of the research is the legal regulation of criminal responsibility for criminal restriction of competition. The author of the article focuses on bid rigging as the most famous and dangerous kind of this crime with serious threats for the economy. The aim of the research is to define the best legislative model that would allow to raise efficiency of bid rigging prevention. The author analyzes the corpus delicti of competition restriction (Article 178 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) focusing on the analysis of the latest draft law about changes and amendments to the article mentioned above. Gudkov analyzes recent researches on the problem at this stage, laws of developed countries with market economy and experience in relevant administrative proceedings. The methodological basis of the research is the dialectical method as well as general methods such as analysis and synthesis, and special research methods such as dogmatic and comparative law approaches. The scientific novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author summarizes the results of the researches carried out by such authors as Yu. Bockhova, A. Eremin, A. Kinev, D. Laptev, A. Denisova, and analyzes Article 178 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and amending draft laws, laws of the USA and Japan, and experience in similar administrative proceedings. As the main conclusion of the research, the author underlines the need to exclude such constituent elements of the crime in Article 178 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation as major damage and special major damage while reducing the volume of 'large revenue' and 'major revenue' by 10 times.