The presumption of innocence - an "indicator" of the Russian criminal proceedings

Purpose: To Study the impact of the universal principle of criminal justice-the presumption of innocence on the construction of tasks, principles and institutions of Russian criminal justice, the architecture of its rules and regulations. Methodology: General scientific and private scientific methods were Used. Results: The Article is devoted to topical issues of Russian criminal procedure law. The presumption of innocence is considered by the author from a certain angle: from the point of view of the connection of the fundamental principle of criminal proceedings with the purpose of criminal procedural activity (its goals and objectives). The study resulted in a number of important theoretical and practical conclusions. Achievement of the purposes designated in the criminal procedure law-is not an end in itself of criminal procedure activity. The implementation of the purpose of criminal proceedings should be correlated with the satisfaction of social needs in the criminal procedure sphere...