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Investigative Committee starts publishing magazine Investigation Found

In accordance with the order of Chairman Alexander Bastrykin the Investigative Committee has commissioned the magazine Investigation Found.

The magazine gives wider public an opportunity to learn about experience of the Investigative Committee in investigating crimes, about effective organization of investigation, about uncommon ways and combinations used to solve complicated and dangerous cases that resonated with the public. The magazine will cover international cooperation of the Investigative Committee, history of origination and development of Russian investigation and of course the role of persons who has made a considerable contribution in battling against crimes. People will also be able to read about the Investigative Committee’s cadet movement, training of personnel and many other areas of its work.

In the first issue President of the editorial board – editor-in-chief, Chairman of the Investigative Committee, honored lawyer of the Russian Federation, doctor of legal sciences, professor, general of justice of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin addresses readers and future authors of articles, pointing out that each issue will rise pressing issues of developing bodies of initial investigation in modern time. These include varied, including unconventional expert examinations, and use of cutting edge high-tech forensic equipment, long-standing and newly-introduced private investigating methods of different crimes, and strictly speaking investigating skills and intuition. In addition, there are some controversy cases which require coverage. “Our magazine will become a kind of a platform for dispute which gives floor to anyone: experts and scientists, investigators and veterans of the Committee, judges and the defense,” Mr. Bastrykin says.

In the pilot issues of the magazine one will be able to read articles by Mr. Bastrykin on outstanding forensic investigator of his time Nikolai Sokolov who investigated the killing of the Romanovs royal family, by acting chancellor of the Moscow Academy of the Investigative Committee Mr. Bagmet about difficult, but noble profession of the Committee’s investigator, recollections of vice-chairman of the veterans council of the Investigative Committee’s North Western Transport Office A.M. Dvoryansky, vice-chancellor of the Moscow Academy of the Investigative Committee V.V. Bychkov on the investigation of the so-called Angarsk maniac case and many other things.

A wide range of readers will be able to find each fresh issue of the magazine at the official website of the Investigative Committee in section Activity – Printing or at the hyperlink http://sledcom.ru/activities/books/item/1114426/.