Abstract: The article is devoted to legal responsibility for committment of environmental crimes including atmospheric air pollution. Ershova also touches upon unsolved issues of criminal capacity of a legal entity. Solutions of these issues have a direct impact on efficiency of environmental crime prevention. Thus, the object of this research is the administrative and criminal law provisions that impose responsibility for atmpospheric air pollution. In her research Ershova analyzes judicial practice in resolving cases about air pollution and examines associated administrative and criminal law decisions. The researcher underlines the heterogeneity of judicial practice in different parts of Russia. In the course of her research Ershova has applied general research methods such as analysis, systematization and extrapolation as well as special research methods. The novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the author analyzes inter-industry relations associated with protection of atmospheric air taking into account regional specific features. Ershova describes what causes difficulty bringing individuals guilty in atmpospheric air pollution to criminal responsibility. She proves that currently used administrative measures are inefficient and offers her own concept of grounds and limits of bringing companies to criminal responsibility.