PURPOSES OF ADVOCATE'S INVESTIGATION IN THE RUSSIAN CRIMINAL PROCESS Salakko Alexander Sergeyevich, postgraduate student. <...> Place of employment: “First Krasnoyarsk Territory Bar Association”. <...> E-mail: salakko@bk.ru Annotation The article analyzes with the issues as a structural element of advocate's investigation. <...> The author substantiates the thesis that the activities of advocate for the collection of evidentiary information is the multi-purpose nature, provides a critical analysis of different types of purposes, discusses specifying practical examples, when advocates on proper objective setting can make significant progress in protection of rights, freedoms and client's legitimate interests. <...> For a more systematic understanding of purposes of advocate's investigation, author refers to such concepts as investigative and judicial errors. <...> The article justified that the defender, when planning work, should consider not 294 only the array of evidence collected by the prosecution, but also errors and contradictions made by investigators and judges. <...> The author analyzes the relationship of purposes of advocate's investigation with investigative and judicial errors. <...> With the aim of objectification of the results of the study, the article presents the survey of 50 practicing advocates of the Bar chamber of Krasnoyarsk Krai. <...> The results of scientific work can be used for further theoretical developments of institute of advocate's investigation, and to improve practical aspects of the activities of advocates for criminal cases. <...> Автором обосновывается тезис, что деятельность адвоката по сбору доказательственных сведений носит полицелевой характер, проводится критический разбор различных видов целей, рассматриваются конкретизирующие практические примеры, когда адвокаты при правильной постановке целей своей деятельности могут добиться значительных успехов в защите прав, свобод и законных интересов доверителей! <...>