Detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie have always been popular. Brave detectives, observant investigators, and attentive forensic experts often become the heroes of movies and books. The latter professionals play an important role, as they are the first to examine crime scenes and form the lines of enquiry.

In Russia, there are not that many universities training lawyers in the basics of forensic science. After all, it requires not only specialists, but also special accessories that forensic experts use in their work. However, the students of the Russian New University (RosNOU) are lucky. The university has created a real forensic laboratory with all necessary equipment for criminalistic examinations. What skills should a forensic expert have? Why does every person need basic legal knowledge? What exposes a criminal? Head of Criminalistics Laboratory, senior teacher of the Chair of Private Law at the Humanities Institute of RosNOU, practicing lawyer and former senior forensic expert of Moscow Igor Sergeevich Enikeev answers these and other questions in our conversation.

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