Protection in the mechanism of purpose in criminal justice of Russian Federation

Purpose: Consideration of a question of protection in the mechanism of purpose of criminal justice of Russian Federation. Methodology: The author applied a formal-legal method and a method of theoretical modeling. Results: It is proved that in Part 1 of Article 6 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, «The purpose of criminal proceedings», «protection» is used as the constitutional-legal category, as well as the fact that the power to achieve the purpose of the criminal proceedings have competent state bodies and their officials person and the court, the same participants in criminal proceedings as a advocate-defender, exercise their rights through their actions and decisions, and thereby contribute to the purpose of criminal proceedings. In this context deals with the right of advocate – defender to collect evidence and to challenge the admissibility of the properties give them as a means of protection in the mechanism of purpose of criminal proceedings. Novelty/originality/value: Article has the important scientific value as contains possessing scientific novelty author’s generalizations and conclusions aimed at the development of theoretical regulations on purpose of criminal justice.