Some problems of improving the criminal procedure legislation and the need for the adoption of the new Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation

Introduction: the current criminal procedure legislation, which serves, among other things, as a means of ensuring the human and civil rights and freedoms, as a means of ensuring the national security, is constantly changing and being supplemented, and such changes and additions are perceived ambiguously, sometimes sharply criticized by the scientists and practitioners. Results: the article analyzes the reasons for making numerous changes and additions, proposes measures to improve the criminal procedure legislation. Conclusions: the fact that it is necessary to adopt the criminal procedure code in a new version is obvious and justified. The results of the study can be used in the improvement of the criminal procedure legislation, as well as in the investigative and judicial practice.