Initial stage of pre-trial proceedings: problems of implementation in Russia and the result of the reform in Kazakhstan

On January 1, 2015, the new Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, adopted by the Parliament of Kazakhstan on July 4, 2014, came into force, in which there is no provision for criminal proceedings at the stage of initiation of criminal proceedings. The article examines the grounds and prospects for reforming the beginning of pre-trial proceedings in Russia, with a possible refusal from the stage of initiating a criminal case and the consequences of such a reform that has already taken place in the criminal process of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The authors come to the conclusion that in order to reform the beginning of pre-trial proceedings in Russia, it is necessary, at least, to give Russian prosecutors the powers that prosecutors have in the Republic of Kazakhstan.