Current state and prospects of modernization of a suspect procedural status in criminal proceedings

Optimization of the legal system in Russia should be carried out mainly in order to strengthen the guarantees of the rights of the individuals involved in legal relations. In criminal proceedings, undoubtedly, one of the most significant aspects of modernization continues to be the procedural figure of the suspect, the observance of his/her rights and legitimate interests, as well as criminal procedural activities to endow a person with the specified procedural status or to terminate it. In this regard, the author analyzes the current state of the procedural situation of the suspect and the practice of its implementation. On this basis the imperfections of the legal regulation of these provisions are revealed and the main ways of modernizing the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation in terms of the procedural position of the suspect and guarantees of observance of the rights of this participant in criminal proceedings are outlined