CRIMINAL PROCEDURE SOVEREIGNTY: CONCEPT AND SIGNIFICANCE

Abstract

The influence of external and internal interference on criminal procedural activities has been analyzed. It has been established that some changes in Russian procedural legislation have been influenced by external factors, such as rulings from the European Court of Human Rights and recom-mendations from various foreign organizations, which have been implemented under the guise of combating corruption and terrorism without taking into account our customs, historical experience, and traditional spiritual and moral values, which has had a negative impact on the state's ability to pursue a comprehensive and sovereign policy. It has also been established that internal interference in the national criminal process, which occurs in various areas, poses a significant threat to the inde-pendent development of the national criminal process. The following issues are highlighted and dis-cussed: corruption; digital technologies; oligarchy and big business; social networks and the media. It is concluded that it is impossible to exclude any interference in the criminal process, but it is necessary to assess both the positive and negative aspects of such interference in each specific case. It is also concluded that the process of sovereigntization of the Russian state's policy should also encompass the criminal procedure sphere, which is of particular importance for ensuring the security of our state and society. To this end, the article proposes a definition of criminal procedure sovereignty as a type of state sovereignty.