Arguments about the inherent right to qualified legal assistance of a person subject to a preliminary check of a criminal report preliminary verification of a report of an offence

In this article the authors discuss the significance of the stage of initiation of criminal proceedings. A position is expressed on preserving the autonomy of this stage, as it is an indicator of the orientation of criminal proceedings as Russian. At the same time, close attention is paid to the burning issues related to the insufficient regulation of the procedural status of the person in respect of whom a preliminary check of the crime report is conducted in order to make a decision to initiate criminal proceedings, which complicates law enforcement activities. In their reasoning, the authors come to the conclusion that it is necessary to give such a participant a special procedural status, calling him a participant in the verification of a crime report, having the right to inherent qualified legal assistance. In the authors' opinion, in this way it will be possible to maintain a balance between the interests of officials, who are obliged to timely receive and verify the report of a committed or impending offence, and the person involved in such verification in connection with the information received about his alleged involvement.