Scientific Journal of KubSAU

In accordance with clause 53 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, an advocate is entitled to take part in any investigative actions where his client is involved. But this right is not always used; actually, none of the advocates would confess that avoiding such events is a way to save time, and when being asked he (she) points out another reason – investigators don’t announce the forthcoming events beforehand

The authors of the article point out that the research of cold steel arms and their traces has been considered in detail in the studies of different criminologists. Unfortunately, many scientists, examining cold steel arms as the item of expertise, mainly paid attention to the knives, swords, daggers, etc., but few researchers considered crossbows as cold steel weapon. In accordance with part. 4 Art. 223 of the Criminal Code of Russia for illegal manufacture, alteration or repair of throwing weapons, as well as the illegal sale of throwing weapons (Art. 4, Art. 222 of the Criminal Code), criminal liability is stipulated. Thus, the authors agree with the opinions expressed in the literature according to which attention should be paid to the fuzzy wording of p. 4 Art. 222 of the Criminal Code and p. 4 Art. 223 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: "Cold steel weapons, including throwing weapons". Throwing weapons are not included in the number of cold steel arms; it is an independent type of weapon that is different from the cold steel by its technical characteristics. The common feature of cold steel arms and throwing weapons is striking of a target due to the muscle power of a man. The main difference is that there is no projectile with directional movement in cold steel arms and striking occurs due to the direct contact with the object. The definitions of these types of weapons are contained in the Federal Act "About Weapons"

The authors of the article examine the relationship between the criminal process and investigative activity taking into consideration the requirements of the Criminal Procedure Law and the Law on Investigative Activities in the Russian Federation. Such important issues as main tasks and principles of the criminal process and investigative activity are considered in the article. The authors analyze interrelations of some investigative actions and operational search as well as the order of introduction and usage of the results of the investigative activities at the stage of criminal case initializing and in the course of investigative activities. The authors also pay attention to the data which must be submitted in the report or memorandum on the prepared or being committed crime giving grounds for criminal case initializing

In the article the authors analyze the state of crime prevention in special legal literature, with analyses certain provisions of the criminal procedure code of Russia, allowing carrying out the preventive activities of the investigator during the investigation of criminal cases. In particular, the authors discuss the actual activities of the investigator in relation to the investigation of illicit trafficking in drugs. In the scientific article we have taken into account the views of famous scientists: R. S. Belkin, S. A. Solunskogo, A. N. Kolesnichenko, I. A. Vozgrin, I. I. Ivanov and others

There are quite few scientific researches covering the problems of organizing and tactics of investigation in court procedure, which meet the requirements of the Procedural Criminal Law of the Russian Federation in the legal literature. The studies of the ways of sur-mounting counteraction in court hardly exist. There-fore, the authors consider the matters of counteraction in the course of investigation in court paying attention to the existing theory and practice of counteraction in the criminal court procedure. They have developed some scientific recommendations upon the measures for surmounting counteraction to investigation in court in various circumstances

The article “Contents of the main elements of the criminalistic characteristic of fraud” written by the group of authors is of great importance today as the new points of the Federal Act №207 of the Criminal Code of Russia which provide for the criminal proceedings for fraud in lending; while getting payments; while using bank cards; in business sphere; in the sphere of insurance, introduced on November 29, 2012, still need to be developed and lack the methods of the investigation of such crimes. Consequently, the methods of preparation, committing and concealing of a crime, track formation mechanism are not determined and analyzed upon the materials of the forensic and investigative activities. The authors of the article have attempted to study the cases of the mentioned crime types and determine the ways of preparation, committing and concealing of a crime and track formation mechanism of the above-mentioned types of crime