Vikokurov, A. Yu., Vinokurov, O. E. A New Look on the Prosecutor’s Powers Due to Implementation of the Administrative Offences Code of the Russian Federation

Abstract: The authors of the this article analyze recent innovations in the Federal Law ‘Concerning Public Prosecution in the Russian Federation’ empowering the prosecution agencies to initiate administrative proceedings and administrative investigations. The article contains the authors’ point of view regarding the issues of justification, importance and a possibility of practical implementation of these innovations. Special attention is paid at the discrepancies in legal standards and the absence of clear regulation of the mechanism of prosecutor’s implementation of his powers.

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