Abstract. The author analyzes the legislative changes in the Criminal Procedural Code of 2007 and 2010 that affected the powers of the prosecutor in criminal proceedings. In this study the researcher relates the prosecutor’s powers at the pre-trial stages of the process, in particular at the stage of instituting criminal proceedings, with his/her procedural position and assigned role. According to the results of the work the author concludes on the need to expand the powers of the prosecutor at the stage of instituting criminal proceedings and to grant him/her the power of instituting criminal proceedings.
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Key words and phrases: прокурор, прокурорский надзор, уголовное преследование, возбуждение уголовного дела, следователь, руководитель следственного органа, prosecutor, prosecutor’s supervision, criminal prosecution, instituting criminal proceedings, investigator, head of investigative body
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