Hotline number
Hotline of the Investigative Committee:
8-800-100-12-60
The call is free from any region of Russia. You can dial from mobile and landline phones. Specialists respond around the clock.
This is a single multi-channel Information Center of the committee, which includes:
The groups publish news in the field of investigations. Unfortunately, you cannot send private messages to communities. Comments are also closed under posts.
Press service email:
This mail is for media letters only. Citizens must submit appeals through the online reception site.
The request must be submitted to the head of the press service - Svetlana Lvovna Petrenko. On your organization's letterhead. The form must be signed by the head of the media.
The request must indicate:
- List of questions of interest.
- Full name of the responsible media employee.
- Contact information: return mail address, phone number, etc.
In the “Subject” field, put “Request” as the first word.
Features of sending information in the “Internet reception” subsection and processing it
Explanations on the limits of competence of investigative bodies of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and on the jurisdiction of criminal cases
I. In accordance with the Federal Law of December 28, 2010 No. 403-FZ “On the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation,” one of the main tasks of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is the prompt and high-quality investigation of crimes in accordance with the jurisdiction established by the criminal procedural legislation of the Russian Federation .
The investigative jurisdiction of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation includes* crimes such as murder (Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm, resulting in the death of the victim through negligence (Article 111, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); kidnapping (Article 126 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); rape (Article 131 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); violent acts of a sexual nature (Article 132 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); coercion to acts of a sexual nature (Article 133 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); sexual intercourse and other actions of a sexual nature with a person under 16 years of age (Article 134 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); indecent acts (Article 135 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); violation of the inviolability of the home (Article 139 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); violation of labor protection rules (Article 143 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); non-payment of wages, pensions, scholarships, benefits and other payments (Article 145.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); violation of safety rules when conducting mining, construction or other work (Article 216 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); production, storage, transportation or sale of goods and products, performance of work or provision of services that do not meet safety requirements (Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity (Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); abuse of official powers (Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); abuse of official powers (Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); receiving a bribe (Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); giving a bribe (Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); official forgery (Article 292 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); negligence (Article 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); use of violence against a government official (Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation); insulting a government official (Article 319 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and others.
* an exhaustive item-by-item list of crimes falling within the jurisdiction of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation is given in Art. 151 Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation
II. Along with this, the investigative jurisdiction of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation includes:
1. Crimes committed by persons listed in Art. 447 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, in respect of whom a special procedure for criminal proceedings is applied (a member of the Federation Council and a deputy of the State Duma, a deputy of the Legislative (representative) body of state power of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, a deputy, a member of an elected local government body, an elected official of a local government body; judges of various jurisdictions, juror or arbitration assessor during the period of administration of justice; Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation, his deputies and auditors of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation; Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation; President of the Russian Federation, who has ceased to exercise his powers, as well as a candidate for President of the Russian Federation Federation; prosecutor; Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation; head of the investigative body; investigator; lawyer; voting member of the election commission, referendum commission; registered candidate for deputy of the State Duma, registered candidate for deputy of the legislative (representative) body of state power of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation );
2. Crimes committed in relation to those listed in Art. 447 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation of persons in connection with their professional activities;
3. Crimes committed by officials of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the federal security service, the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation, institutions and bodies of the penal system, drug control agencies and psychotropic substances, customs authorities of the Russian Federation.
4. Crimes committed against these officials in connection with their official activities.
5. Grave and especially grave crimes committed by minors or against minors.
Grave crimes are intentional acts for which the maximum punishment provided for by the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is more than five years in prison, but does not exceed ten years. Particularly serious crimes are intentional acts, for the commission of which the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of over ten years or a more severe punishment.
III. When contacting the investigative authorities of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the following must be taken into account:
Verification of the legality and validity of decisions made by officials of executive authorities, investigative and judicial authorities in the exercise of their powers is carried out according to the rules established by the legislation of the Russian Federation, and cannot be replaced by the initiation of criminal prosecution against the officials who adopted them.
They do not require verification by investigative authorities in accordance with Art. 144, 145 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation (i.e., as a report of a crime) appeals from citizens, which raise the question of initiating a criminal case in connection with the applicants’ disagreement with decisions made by officials of various law enforcement agencies (judges, prosecutors, heads of investigative bodies, investigators or other employees of investigative authorities), as well as with responses received from these officials to previously sent appeals from citizens.
In response to requests for disagreement with court decisions (in particular, sentences), the investigative authorities can only explain to the applicants the right to appeal such decisions in the manner established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. The specified appeals in such cases are returned to the citizens who sent them (clause 2 of Article 11 of the Federal Law of May 2, 2006 No. 59-FZ “On the procedure for considering appeals from citizens of the Russian Federation”).
Supervision of bodies empowered to bring citizens and legal entities to administrative liability, in accordance with the Federal Law “On the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation,” is carried out by the prosecutor. Therefore, the consideration of appeals reporting violations in bringing to administrative responsibility committed by employees of internal affairs bodies or other officials vested with appropriate powers falls within the competence of the prosecutor's office.
Appeals expressing disagreement with any actions, decisions of officials of state authorities, local governments in the field of housing and communal services and other areas of activity, resulting in violations of labor, housing and other rights of citizens, in the absence of data indicating signs crimes are not considered as reports of a crime and are not checked by investigative authorities in the manner prescribed by Art. 144, 145 Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation.
In this case, the appeal is forwarded to the appropriate body or the relevant official, whose competence includes resolving the issues raised in the appeal, with notification of the citizen who sent the appeal about the redirection of the appeal (Article 8 of the Federal Law of 02.05.2006 No. 59-FZ “On the procedure for consideration appeals from citizens of the Russian Federation").
Further
Algorithm for filing a complaint with the RF IC
The step-by-step algorithm for filing a complaint with the Investigative Committee during a personal visit looks like this:
- The first step is to collect all possible evidence of the correctness of your suspicions about the crime that has occurred. These are photos and video materials, witness statements, documentation.
- An application is drawn up in accordance with the requirements of Federal Law No. 59 “On Appeals...”.
- The application is written in two copies - one for transmission to the reception office of the Investigative Committee, the other as confirmation of the fact of the application.
- The entire package of documentation, consisting of the application and evidence, is submitted to the receptionist of the law enforcement agency. Both copies of the complaint must be signed and stamped by the responsible employee.
- The received appeal is registered in a special journal and is assigned a serial number. The submitter receives a receipt confirming the acceptance of his official application.
How to submit an application to the investigative committee, sample
The application must be drawn up in accordance with certain rules adopted in domestic legal paperwork.
The structure of the submitted document consists of three parts:
- Introduction . This contains information about the complainant and the name of the institution to which the application is sent.
- Descriptive part . It must indicate the reason for the complaint and the details of the violator of the law.
- Resolution part . This sets out the requirement to take action against offenders.
The paper must be certified by the applicant’s personal signature, and the date of its preparation must also be indicated.
Hand over your cases
Judging by the materials of the criminal case, the child received a fatal electric shock due to a broken power line. Investigators from the territorial division concluded that “there was no criminal event.”
Investigators wrote that the cause of the incident was the careless actions of an older brother who was with the boy, who threw a “metal fragment” onto the wires.
But the mother and grandmother of the deceased child do not agree with this. They believe that the tragedy is related to poor maintenance of the power line by employees of Energia LLC. But this version did not interest investigators.
Alexander Bastrykin, expressing condolences to the mother and grandmother of the child, criticized the work of the territorial investigative department and its head, Kirill Levit. The head of the Investigative Committee ordered an investigation into the facts that the women spoke about. And the investigation of the case itself, according to the decision of the head of the department, will continue, but in the central office of the Investigative Committee.
The adoptive mother did not agree with these results of the investigation. She asked Alexander Bastrykin to order repeated examinations. And if they confirm that the remains of her adopted daughter have been found, then they will establish what happened.
The chairman of the Investigative Committee listened to the woman and then to his subordinates. To put it very diplomatically, Alexander Bastrykin assessed the work of the regional investigation “extremely negatively.” He “pointed out the investigators’ lack of interest in establishing the truth in the case and their detachment from the misfortune of others.” The head of the department put control over the progress of the investigation and the procedure for implementing the instructions given by him in the central office.
The investigation is complicated by the fact that the alleged mastermind and perpetrator of the crime are no longer alive. The woman complained about the length of the investigation and asked to find the remains of her deceased husband. Bastrykin instructed to transfer the criminal case for further investigation to the central office of the department, giving his subordinates instructions for the search.
Application for investigator
Each investigator involved in the investigation of a case in accordance with the pre-trial procedure must take into account that each of the parties is living people whose issues must be approached humanely. If a committee employee shows unprofessionalism in the form of an unfriendly attitude or coercion to certain types of actions, then the party affected by such decisions has the right to file an application with a corresponding claim.
Every person who takes part in the pre-trial investigation of the application has the right to file a claim with the authorities. Most often, investigators violate the law by the following actions:
- refusal to accept and process new information or take into account additional witnesses to participate in investigative activities without obtaining a legal basis;
- the interrogation, search or examination procedures were carried out with gross violations;
- refusal to process a request for examinations that are necessary for objective reasons;
- the case takes into account material evidence that is not relevant to the case under consideration.
There are also often cases when an investigator uses his official position to inflict personal insults on suspects, which is a direct abuse of authority. Such actions may be resorted to especially often during interrogations. If the fact of such a violation has been recorded, then the case will be considered under Article 128 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. If the investigator provided false information during execution, trying to distort the course of the case, then this fact will be an aggravating circumstance.
