Transparency of justice – essential feature of the rule-of-law state

The article formulates the definition of the notion of “transparency of justice” with regard to the criminal procedure, it is proved that openness, fundamental subjection to the public control are the necessary features of court and law-enforcement activities within the rule-of-law state. In relation to the present-day Russian justice it is stressed that its transparency means availability to the public control of not just the court procedure, but the pre-trial procedure of criminal cases also.