FORMING A LEGAL FOUNDATION TO PROTECT PARTICIPANTS OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN RUSSIAN LEGISLATION
The article analyses the formation and development of Russian legal support for implementing state protection of participants in criminal proceedings. Exploring the regulations adopted since the 1990s, the author singles out two stages. 1) Formation: appearance of legal prerequisites for systematisation of legal rules regulating state protection of those involved in criminal proceedings. 2) Organisation: creation and dynamic development of a legal foundation to implement a state protection programme for such participants.