Interview

Marina Zabbarova: The decision to separation of powers prosecutors adopted three years ago, as time has shown, it was completely justified. In such a short period of the Investigation Committee not only showed his consistency, but also managed to take their rightful place in the law enforcement agencies. Of course, we have experienced great difficulties, including the logistical plan, inevitably at the initial stage of formation of any structure. Our employees sometimes sit on eight people in one room. But it is already in the past.

WP: Protection of the rights of victims, in your opinion, is at the appropriate level?

Zabbarova: In my opinion, in our legislation there is a significant bias in favor of the rights of suspects and defendants. In criminal proceedings, their rights are spelled out with great care. And this, of course, absolutely correct. But sometimes they are clearly being abused. Especially at the stage of familiarization with the criminal case. A victim is forced to wait. He can not do anything. The law on the side of the accused. For example, in one notorious case in the province accused simply stalling for time. Since last December, his lawyers, taking advantage of loopholes in the law, after all, supposedly, can not know the case. And how many such cases in the country? Criminals sometimes for years familiar with the case, delaying the criminal proceedings. I think that should give more attention to the rights of victims. Including the issue of compensation for property damage.

WP: And what it should say specifically? Zabbarova: Investigative Committee of the Russian Prosecutor's Office launched an initiative to create a structure that would address the issue. I mean the bill for reparations and to other social assistance to victims of crime, which provides for the establishment of the National Compensation Fund. Manage it should be directly the Russian government. A financing fund is proposed to account for seized cash, proceeds of crime, as well as fines, sale of arrested property of debtors. From it to pay people money, and then recover the amount spent with the criminals. Now, for example, a man set fire to the house, he was sentenced to two years, and he quietly sit in the colony, taking with him nothing. But how and where to live to the victim? Therefore, we must take action to compel the offender to make amends for the damage. This and must deal with the fund or committee - the name no matter what. Importantly, both victims were sure that they compensate for the damage, and the criminals know that the money they will charge.

And yet such a nuance. If there is a tragedy on a national scale, when killed dozens, hundreds of people, their relatives immediately assisted. And if, say, from a crime one person died, his family will get nothing. And why? After all, in essence a tragedy in both cases. Creation of a fund to help equalize people's rights to receive assistance.