On some aspects of the institute of pre-trial cooperation agreement

The institute of pre-trial cooperation agreement was introduced into the Russian criminal and criminal procedural legislation fifteen years ago. This innovation was aimed at increasing the detection rate of crimes, stimulating persons who committed a crime to actively cooperate with the investigation, and reducing the costs of federal budget funds for the investigation of criminal cases and their consideration by the courts. Despite all the positive aspects of the institute, a number of problems arose in law enforcement, some of which are discussed in this article. In particular, attention is drawn to the need to grant the prosecutor the right to conclude a pre-trial cooperation agreement regardless of the position of the investigator and the head of the investigative body; the lack of a legal mechanism guaranteeing the protection of the rights of other defendants in the main criminal case from slander by the person with whom the pre-trial agreement was concluded; the role of the victim in concluding a pre-trial cooperation agreement.