THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF THE ADVERSARIAL PRINCIPLE IN THE RUSSIAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
In this paper, we consider from the theoretical perspective the adversarial principle in the Russian criminal procedure, reveal its essence, and give an insight into the history of the development of competitiveness in the Russian criminal process in the context of reforming of the Russian criminal procedure legislation, based on principles and norms of international law and international treaties. We analyze the main characteristic features of today's criminal procedure in terms of extension of the adversarial principle to pretrial proceedings. Some problems of implementation of the adversarial principle in criminal proceedings are also discussed.