To the issue of procedural form of seizure of items and documents at the stage of initiation of a criminal case

The article is devoted to the one of the topical problems related to the stage of the initiation of a criminal case, namely the insufficient procedural regulation of actions aimed at identification of indicia of a crime and fixation of its traces, in particular, the order of seizure of items and documents at this stage. The main provisions of the Russian legislation, their interpretation by higher judicial organs as well as Russian scientists' doctrinal approaches to the problem under study are analyzed; the author's conception of reforming the stage of the initiation of a criminal case is formulated.