Ondar A.E. On the regional internal affairs agencies’ authorities in border cooperation in the sphere of investigative activities

Abstract: The research object is the range of legal and organizational problems of border cooperation of regional agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation with the agencies of foreign states in the sphere of investigative activities. The author analyzes international and domestic statutory instruments, related to border cooperation of Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs with the agencies of foreign states in the sphere of investigative activities, and the organizational issues of its realization by regional agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The research methodology is based on the modern achievements in epistemology. The author applies general philosophical and theoretical methods (dialectics, the system method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, modeling), traditional methods of jurisprudence (formal logical), and special sociological methods (statistical, expert assessments, etc.). The author states the necessity to develop border cooperation in the sphere of investigative activities. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the proposals about the introduction of the post of liaison officers in regional agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the purpose of cooperation with the responsible authorities of foreign states. 

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