scholarly journals Modern Problems of Reforming Preliminary Investigation in the Russian Federation

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-488
Author(s):  
Yuri Skuratov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Current System ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right

The paper studies key areas of reforming the institute of preliminary investigation in the Russian Federation. The author does not support the position that reduces key problems of reforming criminal cases’ investigation to different organizational and structural changes, to the establishment or abolishment of some agencies. The reform should be based on diverse and, at the same time, systemic measures, including: the conceptual elaboration of the investigation reform; the systematization of the subject, the object and the very procedure of investigation; the rationalization of organizational and management structures of preliminary investigation; the optimization of the system of public and state control over investigation; the improvement of the relations between the investigation authorities and the public prosecutor’s office; the introduction of changes in the mechanism of cooperation between operational search and investigation authorities; the optimization of relations between investigation authorities and the court; the implementation of a complex of measures aimed at improving the professionalism of investigation officers, raising their general and legal cultural level, creating optimal conditions for their work; the reform of the investigation infrastructure. One of the key areas of reforming preliminary investigation is, according to the author, the restoration of the previously abolished supervision authority of the prosecutor’s office (the authority to initiate a criminal case; the right to issue obligatory directions for the investigator; the authority to terminate a criminal case on any grounds provided by law). Practice has shown that the current system of procedural control over the investigation of criminal cases is weak and does not prevent numerous mistakes and oversight of investigation officers. One scenario of a large-scale investigation reform, according to the author, includes the preservation of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, making it the basic structure for the organization of an inter-agency investigation authority.

scholarly journals FALSIFICATION OF ELECTION DOCUMENTS

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-171
Author(s):  
A. A. Degterev
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
General Structure ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Classification Feature ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right ◽  
Election Commission

The article is devoted to the analysis of the basic structure of the crime provided for in Art. 142 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, which are considered debatable. This crime, in the general structure of crimes against electoral rights is about 65%. This circumstance, according to the author, indicates the social conditionality of the criminal-legal prohibition, the public danger of an act that grossly violates the conditions of the legitimacy of state power. In law enforcement practice, criminal cases are practically not initiated, which is due to a number of circumstances, including the legal uncertainty of a number of signs of the crime. The article deals with the essence of impeding the citizen's free exercise of his electoral rights and the right to participate in a referendum, violating the secrecy of voting, as well as obstructing the work of election commissions, referendum commissions or the activities of members of these commissions related to his performance of duties by falsifying election documents. As a classification feature, the author indicates the addressee of the relevant document: the voter; candidate; initiative group for holding a referendum; member of the commission with a casting vote; precinct election commission. The article provides the concept of what is referred to mandatory documents that are drawn up by the precinct election commission when carrying out actions with ballot papers. These include: an act on the receipt of ballots from a higher commission indicating their number; Act on the repayment of spoiled ballots (in the presence of such facts); an act on the conduct of voting outside the relevant premises; Act on the invalidation of ballots that were in a mobile box for voting. At the same time, the author points out that this classification has not lost its significance even at the present time. The author suggests the notion of an election document to be fixed in a note to art. 142 of the Criminal Code. The article reveals the characteristics of the main elements of the crime provided for in Art. 142 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and compared with other views of Russian scientists.

scholarly journals Coercion or Extortion? (On the Problems of Delimiting Articles 179 and 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Viktor I. Gladkikh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right

The article discusses the issues of distinguishing two types of crimes: extortion (Article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and coercion to complete a transaction or to refuse to complete it (Article 179 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the objective parties of which have a certain similarity, which gives rise to problems of qualification to take possession of the right to someone else’s property or commit other property actions. The practice of applying the norms in question is analyzed, the author points out the qualification errors in this kind of criminal cases, both at the stage of preliminary investigation and judicial examination. It is proposed to give an appropriate explanation of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS OF PRIVATE PROSECUTION

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 875-880
Author(s):  
E.F. Tensina
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
Special Procedure ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Procedural Rights

The article reveals the nature of the claim of a private prosecution, which establishes the freedom to dispose of material and procedural rights. The forms of manifestation of dispositive principles in the material and procedural aspects in the course of criminal proceedings are determined. Taking into account the nature of the claim of a private prosecution, various models of proceedings in criminal cases of a private prosecution and the peculiarities of the implementation of the provisions of the criminal procedure principle of the presumption of innocence are considered. The author critically assesses the legal constructions that allow the application of a special procedure for making a court decision in criminal proceedings of a private prosecution if the accused agrees with the charge brought. In particular, taking into account the provisions of the principle of the presumption of innocence, it is concluded that it is inadmissible to apply Chapter 40 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation when considering a criminal case of a private prosecution if it is initiated by filing an application directly with a magistrate in the manner prescribed by Art. 318 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation or when investigating a criminal case of this category in the form of an abbreviated inquiry, regulated by Ch. 32.1 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation.

Reasons to escape from a place of detention by convicts with the right of movement without convoy

2021 ◽  
pp. 525-526
Author(s):  
Nikita V. Cheremin
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Correctional Institutions ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Official Statistics ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Large Material ◽  
The Right ◽  
Criminological Analysis

Dedicated to a topical topic for the penitentiary system of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the PS of the Russian Federation) – increasing the level of security, which is considered in the framework of a criminological analysis of the reasons for escaping from places of detention by a particularly considered category of convicts who are granted the right to travel without an convoy or escort. The commission of such a crime as es-cape not only disorganizes the activities of institutions executing punishment in the form of imprisonment, but also endangers public safety. The actions of the penitentiary system to organize a special operation to search for and arrest escaped criminals requires large material and physical costs. All this speaks of the relevance of the study, which can help in organizing preventive measures to prevent escapes. The purpose of the study was achieved by analyzing the criminal and penal legislation of the Russian Federation, analyzing official statistics, questioning and interviewing the heads of correctional institutions of the PS of the Russian Federation, as well as the special contingent; analysis of some decisions in criminal cases related to Article 313 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation for the period 2010–2020. As a result of the study, the characteristic reasons (objective and subjective) of the escapes of the investigated group of convicts were revealed, features are identified, which will allow in the future to organize preventive measures aimed at preventing and preventing escapes among convicts, who were allowed by the administration of the institution to have the right to leave the correctional institutions in order to economic service.

Organization of pre-trial proceedings in criminal cases in Russia and abroad as a factor in ensuring access to justice

2020 ◽  
pp. 167-179
Author(s):  
T. Yu. Vilkova
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Online Service ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Right

The article shows the main models of building pre-trial proceedings in the Russian Federation and foreign countries, analyzes the provision of access to justice in each of the models. A number of measures have been proposed to build pre-trial proceedings in criminal cases that effectively ensure access to justice, including abandoning the stage of initiating a criminal case and keeping a countdown of the preliminary investigation from the moment of registration of a crime report, conducting pre-trial cognitive activity (investigation) under the guidance of a prosecutor, and bringing charges by the prosecutor.based on the results of the investigation, granting participants who are not vested with authority the right to apply to the court to deposit evidence and to assist the court in protecting their interests in connection with the refusal of the preliminary investigation body to satisfy motions related to the process of proving, the introduction of effective simplified and accelerated procedures in pre-trial proceedings, the establishment of digital interaction between government agencies and the population through a single secure digital online platform; creation of a mechanism for filing reports of crime through a special online service integrated into the specified digital platform.

Prosecutor in the Court of Cassation in Criminal Cases

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Лев Бертовский ◽  
Lyev Byertovskiy ◽  
Дина Гехова ◽  
Dina Gekhova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Procedure Code ◽  
Moscow City ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right

Federal Law No. 433-FZ «On Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation and the Annulment of Certain Legislative Acts (Provisions of Legislative Acts) of the Russian Federation» entered into force since January 1, 2013 in relation to the powers of prosecutors to lodge cassation representations against court’s decisions is under review in the article. The authors analyse judicial practice of cassation instance in Moscow City Court of 2014 year on criminal cases and demonstrate some omissions of prosecutors in consideration of cases in the court of cassation. The conclusion shows that a cassation representation should be prepared and submitted by subordinate to higher prosecutor, provided that public prosecutor shall obtain the right to apply directly to that prosecutor who has the right to lodge a cassation representation along with the project thereof. Such novel will positively influence to the quality of cassation representations prepared and made by prosecutors.

scholarly journals Concept of Digital Evidence, Current Status and Its Role in the Evidentiary Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
A. Yu. Cherdantsev
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Digital Evidence ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article analyzes the international current state of the concept of digital evidence, its meaning, types and role in the process of proving in criminal cases in the practical activities of the preliminary investigation bodies of the Russian Federation, considers some problems arising in law enforcement practice, suggests the author's classification of modern digital traces, studies and compares international practice governing the practical application of digital evidence, their concept and content. The problem of gaps in the legal regulation of digital evidence is considered, as well as the possibility of introducing amendments to the current legislation concerning the legal recognition of digital evidence along with traditional types of evidence, as well as the regulation of the use of digital evidence in criminal proceedings, and a proposal is made to introduce a number of amendments to the current legislation of the Russian Federation, where it is necessary to secure definitions of digital evidence, thus legalizing it, stating in the following re At the same time, it is noted that there is no need to introduce a separate article to regulate digital (electronic) evidences, because it is rather difficult to determine the volume of digital (electronic) evidences (digital criminally significant information), at least because there is no unanimity in this respect and there was no unanimity, besides, due to the dynamic development of electronics, including personal ones, this norm quickly lost its relevance and required amendments, creating a certain gap in legal regulation, which is more complicated.

scholarly journals PECULIARITIES OF SUPERVISION OVER THE RECEPTION, REGISTRATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF CRIMES UNDER ARTICLE 145.1 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION BY THE PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION AUTHORITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-540
Author(s):  
M.A. Gabdullina
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Complete Failure ◽  
Employer Liability ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Right

The Constitution of the Russian Federation protects the right to work for remuneration not below the statutory minimum wage. Non-payment of wages is one of the most serious violations of worker's rights. In this regard, the current legislation provides for different types of employer liability for violating these provisions: civil, administrative and criminal. The Federal law “On amendments to article 145.1 of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation” dated 23.12.2010 No. 382-FZ tightened criminal liability for non-payment of wages. Thus, in particular, this law introduced criminal liability for partial non-payment of wages, while the former wording of article 145.1 of the Criminal code established liability only for its complete failure. In practice, this norm has not previously been brought to criminal liability for partial non-payment of wages. The paper deals with the issues of powers of the Prosecutor at the stage of reception, registration and resolution of reports on crimes provided for by article 145.1 of the criminal code. The problematic issues arising from the investigative authorities in conducting procedural checks on the specified categories of messages are analyzed. Suggestions on the improvement of criminal-procedural legislation are made.

scholarly journals Investigator’s covert-nature procedural activities

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 04011
Author(s):  
Marina Sergeevna Kolosovich ◽  
Lyudmila Vladimirovna Popova ◽  
Anna Fedorovna Zotova ◽  
Maria Mikhailovna Bondar ◽  
Olga Sergeevna Shamshina
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Criminal Intelligence ◽  
The Russian Federation

Over the years, most of the Russian processualists denied the investigator’s right to engage in actions of covert nature and deemed it impossible to integrate the norms of criminal intelligence legislation in the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation adopted on 18.12.2001 No. 174-FZ, rightly referring to the impossibility to vest a single duty-bearer engaged in a preliminary investigation with unprecedented powers. Meanwhile, the latest decades have been marked by active legislative activity in many countries, which in fact has turned covert criminal intelligence and surveillance into a procedural activity. These innovations became specific of a number of countries regardless of their legal system belonging to the Romano-Germanic or Anglo-Saxon legal system, testifying to more profound roots of the problem. The study is also relevant in terms of dissatisfaction, expressed by the Russian law-enforcement authorities, with the crime solvency rate and with the interaction of criminal intelligence detectives and internal affairs investigators. The goal of the study is to identify the procedural provisions governing the investigator’s covert-nature activities and related law enforcement problems. The methodological framework of the research comprises general and particular methods of scientific knowledge: dialectical, systemic, deductive, inductive; synthesis, analysis; comparative legal analysis, statistical and other methods. Results and novelty: it was concluded that the Code of Criminal Procedure provides for the regulation of the investigator’s confidential-nature activities inherent in covert criminal intelligence and surveillance and requiring more detailed elaboration, as concerns the issues of securing the rights of partakers of the said activity; the authors express doubt regarding the justification of the legislator’s differentiation of covert activities under criminal cases into covert investigative actions (Art. 185, 186, 186.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure) and covert operational and investigative operations that are in fact identical to the former (Art. 6, Cl. 9-11 of the Russian Federation Federal Law No. 144-FZ as of 12.08.1995 “On criminal intelligence and surveillance”.

scholarly journals Termination of a criminal case (criminal prosecution) as a result of voluntary compensation for damage caused by a crime in the russian criminal court legal proceedings

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3B) ◽  
pp. 645-651
Author(s):  
Artem Igorevich Neryakhin ◽  
Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Ivanov ◽  
Vasily Dzhonovich Potapov ◽  
Denis N. Stacyuk ◽  
Tatiana Ivanovna Bondar
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Court ◽  
Criminal Case ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Compensation For Damage

The authors study the controversial issues of termination of a criminal case (criminal prosecution) on the condition of voluntary compensation for the damage caused by the crime by the suspect (accused) during the preliminary investigation. The thesis is proved that in Russian criminal proceedings the procedure for voluntary compensation for damage caused by a crime is quite clearly regulated, and if the suspect (accused) voluntarily compensated for the property damage caused, then their actions will be evaluated within the current legal framework, when the fact of compensation for damage creates grounds for exemption from criminal liability and termination of the criminal case (criminal prosecution) in accordance with Articles 75, 76, 761, 762 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Articles 25, 251, 28, 281 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation.

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