Bifurcation point in operational-search lawmaking and law enforcement

The work presents the author’s vision of the need to change the preamble of the Federal Law «On Operational Search Activities» in terms of establishing the possibility of conducting certain operational investigative activities on the territory of foreign states. The idea of adjusting the provision under consideration arose when comparing its content with the requirements of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and international legal acts ratified by Russia and the existing operational search practice of interstate cooperation in combating crime.