The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF; Russian: Сле́дственный комите́т Росси́йской Федера́ции, romanized: Sledstvyennyy komitet Rossiyskoy Federatsii) has been the main federal bureau for investigation in Russia since January 2011. Its name (Следственный комитет, Sledstvyennyy komitet) is usually abbreviated to SKR (СКР or СК России) or Sledkom (Следком). The agency replaced the Russian prosecutor general's Investigative Committee and operates as Russia's anti-corruption agency. It is answerable to the president of Russia and has statutory responsibility for inspecting the police forces, combating police corruption and police misconduct and is responsible for conducting investigations into local authorities and federal governmental bodies.
On January 21, 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree appointing Alexander Bastrykin, then the acting chair of the prosecutor general's Investigative Committee, as Sledkom's chairperson.
In 2012 President Medvedev began to discuss the possibility of creating a Federal Anti-Corruption Bureau under Sledkom, as part of the campaign against corruption and to combat corruption in the Police of Russia.
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Number of employees
The number of agents in the Investigative Committee (except the military investigative agents) is 19,156 employees, and from January 1, 2012, need to be 21,156 employees. The number of the Military Investigators is now 2,034 employees.
According to the 2012 Law on Amendments to some Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in connection with improving the structure of Preliminary Investigation, it will expand to 60,000 staff, largely by taking over most of the investigators of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Drug Control Service.
Management
Chairman of the Investigative Committee
On January 21, 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree appointing Alexander Bastrykin, then the acting chair of the prosecutor general's Investigative Committee, as chairperson of the federal investigation agency.
Vice-Chairmen
Sorochkin Alexander, Vice-Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation – Head of the Main Military Investigation Department (since January 15, 2011; by Presidential decree No. 372)
Nyrkov Yuri Mikhailovich (since January 15, 2011; by Presidential decree No. 422)
Piskarev Vasily (since January 15, 2011; by Presidential decree No. 422)
Leonenko Yelena (since January 15, 2011; by Presidential decree No. 422)
Karnaukhov Boris (since January 15, 2011; by Presidential decree No. 422)
Structure
The structure of the Central Administration of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation includes:
Central Investigation Department
Office for the investigation of particularly important cases involving crimes against persons and public safety
Office for the investigation of particularly important cases involving crimes against the state and the economy
Office of methodological and analytical support
Department of Information Technology and Document Support
Main Military Investigation Department
General Directorate of procedural controls
Directorate of procedural control of the investigating authorities
Directorate of procedural control in the sphere of combating corruption
Directorate of procedural control over the investigation of particularly important cases
Organizational and Analytical Department
Division Document Processing
The main organizational and Inspections Department
Organizational Accountability Office
Information and methodological Directorate
Officers
Investigators of the Investigative Committee in a broad sense are directly investigators, senior investigators, heads of investigative divisions and their deputies, heads of investigative departments and their deputies, chairman and vice-chairmen of the Investigative Committee. All of them are federal government officials, have special ranks (Russian: специальные звания) and wear special uniform with shoulder insignia. Military investigators (in a broad sense) are military personnel, have military ranks of commissioned officers and wear military uniform with shoulder insignia but they are not subordinated to any military authority (excepting higher military investigator).