The article deals with the theoretical and practical background of introduction of a new party to criminal proceedings for the prosecution - criminal investigator - into the law of criminal procedure. The author analyzes the rule of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation regulating the procedural status and functions of criminal investigators. It is stated the special innovations of 2008 are not fully worked though: appearance of a new party - criminal investigator - was not accompanied by clear regulation of his procedural powers, which caused a number of problems and ambiguities in the enforcement practice. The author of this article made an attempt to answer the question: who is a criminal investigator: an official or a party to a processing? He proposed solutions to the problem of interpretation of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation regarding determination of the scope of powers of criminal investigators, formulated a range of innovations ensuring clear regulation of criminal procedure activities of investigators in terms of their specificity.
investigator, expert, criminal investigator, procedural status, Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation
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