Attorney and Prosecutor: Confrontation in the Criminal Process or the Search for Balance?

The article examines the role of the attorney and the prosecutor in the criminal process of Russia. It analyzes the traditional model of confrontation between the prosecution and the defense, the vulnerabilities of this system, and possible ways of forming balance. It is emphasized that effective justice is impossible without equality of the parties and that the reforms of recent years have only partially changed the actual position of the participants.