Period of detention in criminal proceedings

The article deals with issues related to the calculation of the period of detention in accordance with Articles 91, 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. The norms of the Russian criminal procedure law, as well as the legislation of some foreign countries, are analyzed. In the course of the analysis, the author comes to a reasonable conclusion that detention as a measure of coercion in criminal proceedings provides for a significant restriction of the rights and freedoms of a person. That’s why, in order to improve the current normative regulation at the legislative level, it is necessary to regulate the moment of actual detention in more detail, as well as provide for a possibility of extending the period of detention.