Shishkina, E.V., Bandurin, S.G., Gromov, N.A. Institution of criminal prosecution in Russian criminal legal procedure.

Abstract: In accordance with the Art. 6 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation criminal prosecution is recognized as one of the means and elements of criminal legal procedure. This article is devoted to studying the nature of criminal prosecution, its forms and kinds. It also contains analysis of positions of key scholars and legal practitioners in this field, such as A.M. Larin, S.V. Viktorsky, M.S. Strogovich, M.P. Kan, A.G. Haliulin, O.D. Zhuk. Authors pay attention to various problems, related to recognition of criminal prosecution as an institution of Russian criminal law.