Digital evidence in the Russian criminal process: history, problems and development prospects

The article is devoted to the study of information evidence as a new type of evidence in criminal proceedings. Informational evidence, due to modern realities, takes place, since the active introduction of digital technologies has also affected the spheres of judicial and law enforcement, including criminal proceedings. Unfortunately, the current Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation does not in any way reflect their position in the system of evidence in a criminal case, which gives rise to many problems. The authors analyze the foreign experience of legal regulation of information evidence. It is concluded that the use of information evidence in criminal proceedings is a promising direction. It is proposed to introduce informational evidence in criminal cases as an independent type of evidence, with the assignment of a special provision to them, the development of a procedure for collecting, correct assessment and verification of such evidence. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the need to introduce information evidence as an independent type of evidence into the current criminal procedural legislation. The methodological basis of this research was the dialectical method of cognition, as well as the methods of system analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, comparative legal and statistical methods, and the method of studying criminal cases.

information technology, IT crimes, criminal proceedings, electronic media, information evidence