The article outlines the socio-political, theoretical and methodological foundations of the criminological knowledge of criminal propaganda in cyberspace. The destructive impact of criminogenic information on the Internet on the preservation and strengthening of Russian cultural values has been established. The author's concept of criminal propaganda in the information and telecommunications space is proposed and its meaningful features are determined. The theoretical significance of the knowledge of the criminological patterns of criminal propaganda in cyberspace is substantiated and directions for its further study are formulated.
