Article 1. Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation

1. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (further also - the Investigative Committee) is the federal state body performing in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation powers in the sphere of criminal trial.

2. The Investigative Committee performs other powers established by the Federal Laws and regulatory legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation.

3. The President of the Russian Federation presides at activities of the Investigative Committee, approves Regulations on the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and establishes regular number of the Investigative Committee, including regular number of military investigating bodies of the Investigative Committee.

4. The main objectives of the Investigative Committee are:

1) operational and high-quality investigation of crimes according to the competence established by the criminal procedure legislation of the Russian Federation;

2) law enforcement in case of acceptance, registration, verification of messages on crimes, initiation of criminal cases, production of preliminary inquiry, and also protection of rights and freedoms of man and citizen;

3) implementation of procedural control of activities of investigating bodies of the Investigative Committee and their officials;

4) the organization and implementation within the powers of identification of the circumstances promoting making of crimes, taking measures to elimination of such circumstances;

5) implementation within the powers of international cooperation in the sphere of criminal trial;

6) development of measures for sale of the state policy in the sphere of execution of the legislation of the Russian Federation about criminal trial;

7) enhancement of normative legal regulation in the established field of activity;

8) determination of the procedure for forming and submission of statistic reports and the reporting about investigatory work, procedural control.

5. Powers of the Investigative Committee and the organization of its activities are determined by this Federal Law, other Federal Laws, Regulations on the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and other regulatory legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation.

6. The Investigative Committee performs the activities in interaction with federal bodies of the government, public authorities of subjects of the Russian Federation, local government bodies, public associations and the organizations, other bodies.

7. The Investigative Committee has the official symbols established by the President of the Russian Federation.

8. The Investigative Committee issues special editions.

Article 2. Legal basis of activities of the Investigative Committee

The legal basis of activities of the Investigative Committee are the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the conventional principles and regulations of international law and the international agreements of the Russian Federation, the Federal constitutional Laws, this Federal Law and other Federal Laws, Regulations on the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, and also other regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation.

Article 3. International cooperation

The Investigative Committee within the powers interacts with competent authorities of foreign states, concludes agreements, cooperates with the international organizations according to international treaties and participates in development of international treaties of the Russian Federation in the established field of activity.