Part One. General Provisions

Section I. Basic Provisions

Chapter 1. Criminal-Procedural Legislation

Article 2. Operation of the Criminal Procedural Law in Space

1. Proceedings on a criminal case on the territory of the Russian Federation, regardless of the place of committing the crime, shall be conducted in conformity with this Code, unless otherwise stipulated by an international treaty of the Russian Federation.

2. The norms of the present Code shall also be applied in the procedure on a criminal case for a crime committed on an air, sea or river vessel, flying the Flag of the Russian Federation, and outside the territory of the Russian Federation, if the said ship is registered in a port of the Russian Federation.


Article 3. Operation of the Criminal Procedural Law with Respect to Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons

1. Proceedings on the criminal cases, committed on the territory of the Russian Federation by foreign citizens or by stateless persons shall be conducted in conformity with the rules of the present Code.

2. Procedural actions stipulated by the present Code with respect to the persons enjoying diplomatic immunity, shall be conducted only at the request of the said persons or with their consent, which shall be inquired after through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation .


Article 4. Operation of the Criminal-Procedural Law in Time

In proceedings conducted in a criminal case, there shall be applied criminal-procedural law, operating during the performance of the corresponding procedural action or during the adoption of a procedural decision, unless otherwise is established by the present Code .