The results of the next stage of the author’s scientific research, devoted to indictments as law enforcement acts that complete pre-trial proceedings in criminal cases and predetermine their referral to the courts for consideration on the merits, are summed up. Attention is drawn to rather destructive approaches to the form and content of indictments that have emerged due to a number of reasons, which complicate the law enforcement practice of preliminary investigation bodies, lead to an imbalance of procedural functions, and an unreasonable balance of investigative, prosecutorial and judicial powers. In addition, it is said that these approaches do not correspond to the true purpose of indictments, and therefore attention is drawn to the need for the development, introduction to the subject of criminal procedural regulation and the gradual introduction into law enforcement practice of new approaches to the preparation of these documents.

pretrial proceedings; closing indictment; completion of the preliminary investigation; investigative act; powers of the investiga-tor; being put on trial; investigator’s decision

Rossinsky Sergey Borisovich – Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher of the Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminology Sector, Institute of State and Law RAS (10, Znamenka st., Moscow, 119019, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0000-0002-3862-3188, ResearcherID: A-9583-2019, Scopus AuthorID: 56578526900, RSCI AuthorID: 422673, e-mail: s.rossinskiy@gmail.com

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