The article proposes to empower the supervising prosecutor to participate in the interrogation of the suspect (accused) during the preliminary investigation. The existing practice of interrogating the suspect (accused) does not allow the formation of evidence for the purpose of making a legal, reasoned and motivated decision by supervising prosecutors in court when choosing, extending and changing procedural coercion measures, when concluding a pre-trial cooperation agreement, and does not allow the use of information obtained from suspects (accused) by state prosecutors within the framework of the judicial investigation. The author is convinced that his proposal will not affect the role of the prosecutor in pre-trial proceedings. The prosecutor will still not have the opportunity to interfere in the course and direction of the preliminary investigation, but his participation in the interrogation of the suspect (accused) will allow him to more effectively exercise his powers to supervise the procedural activities of the preliminary investigation bodies.

powers of the prosecutor, prosecutorial supervision of the procedural activities of the investigator (inquiry officer), participation of the prosecutor in interrogation, interrogation of the suspect (accused), pre-trial cooperation agreement

Khaidarov Albert Anvarovich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Legal Disciplines, Naberezhnye Chelny Institute (branch) of the Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (11/29, 10a Syuyumbike ave., Naberezhnye Chelny, 423812, Russian Federation), RSCI Author ID: 639232, ORCID: 0009-0004-5538-3974, Reseacher ID: m-7183-2013, e-mail: skywriter_al@mail.ru

Khaidarov A. А. Uchastie prokurora v doprose podozrevaemogo (obvinyaemogo) v hode dosudebnogo proizvodstva [Participation of the prosecutor in the interrogation of the suspect (accused) during pre-trial proceedings] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2025, no 3(110), pp. 114–118. – DOI 10.26516/2071-8136.2025.3.114 (in Russian)

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