Concerning the issue regarding legal nature of electronic (digital) evidence
M. I. Voronin · Courier of Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL) · 2020
Current developments in the area of digital technologies and, as a consequence, the emergence of new information sources cause the necessity of implementation of special provisions regarding electronic (digital) evidence in the law of criminal procedure. Nevertheless, before amending law of evidence regulations, the legal nature of such proof shall be defined. It is also necessary to comprehend how this new evidential source correlates with basic grounds of proof theory, other provisions of criminal procedure and on the whole — other branches of law.