The concept and signs of participants of criminal proceedings in the Criminal-procedure code of the Russian Federation
Based on the theory of criminal procedure law and the norms of the criminal procedure legislation of the Russian Federation, the article examines the concept and characteristics of participants in criminal proceedings. It is established that the legislator defined the concept of participants in criminal proceedings in an extremely generalized, voluminous and broad sense of understanding, without revealing the specific content of this concept. In order to properly understand the criminal procedure law and develop theoretical provisions, the scientific concept and characteristics of participants in criminal proceedings are formulated.