The first reform of the investigation was carried out in 2011, when the Investigative Committee was separated from the Prosecutor General’s office. For several years after this was discussed the idea of unification of all the investigative agencies in a single IC. An active supporter of this idea was made by Bastrykin.
MOSCOW, 24 Nov. The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin has informed that has refused idea of creation in Russia of a single investigation.
Right investigate now endowed with the Russian Investigative Committee and the interior Ministry, as well as a number of other security agencies, particularly the Federal security service and anti-drug service of the FDCS. The first reform of the investigation was carried out in 2011, when the Investigative Committee was separated from the Prosecutor General’s office. For several years after this was discussed the idea of unification of all the investigative agencies in a single IC. An active supporter of this idea was made by Bastrykin.
“This was the era of my romanticism. I thought we could try to create a single investigative body, it is both economically and financially, it would be advantageous. But not all heads of departments supported this idea. After listening to the arguments of colleagues, I became more cautious to the idea to come,” said Bastrykin at a lecture at Moscow University on Tuesday.
He added that this subject was frozen. “And I decided that I while I this resume not be”, — said Bastrykin.
