Annotation

The article examines the issue of the limits of admissibility in combining criminal intelligence and criminal procedural activities by interrogation authorities on the crime report verification stage and after the criminal case initiation. The author concludes that the criminal procedure law contains no provisions to govern combination of criminal intelligence and criminal procedural activities at the crime report verification stage. This matter is governed only partially by the departmental regulations of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. The article analyzes constitutional law positions on this matter specified in ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 22-5. It is proposed to legally permit combining criminal intelligence and procedural activities on the crime report verification stage not only in criminal cases within the jurisdiction of investigators, but also in cases handled by interrogation authorities. This is substantiated by the approximation of interrogation and investigation forms in the Russian criminal procedure.