Features of suspension and resume of preliminary investigation

Introduction: The article analyzes one of the debatable and topical problems - the problem of suspension and resumption of the preliminary investigation. The need to analyze this institution is due to the fact that some issues of suspension and renewal are not sufficiently specified in the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation). The article explores the concept of suspension of the investigation and analyzes the procedural order of making legal decisions. Materials and Methods: the basis for writing the study was the dialectical method of scientific knowledge, criminal procedure legislation. Methods and techniques of generalization, comparison and observation are used. The scientific works of process scientists in this field (dissertations, abstracts, monographs, articles, textbooks and statistical data posted on the official portal) were studied. The results of the study: allowed on the basis of the analysis of Art. 208 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, literary sources and investigative practice, to formulate the need to improve the article in question. Findings and Conclusions: It is proposed to make a number of additions and changes to Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, which regulates the issues of suspension and resumption of the suspended preliminary investigation.