DIGITALIZATION OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN RUSSIA: PROS AND CONS

The article is devoted to the digitalization of criminal proceedings in Russia. Over the past five years, there has been a lively scientific discussion in the science of criminal procedural law, which concerns the issues of digital transformation of criminal justice. First of all, we are talking about the digitalization of criminal proceedings. In Russia, as in foreign countries, a large number of scientists pay attention to this problem. A feature of modern life of people and society in the XXI century. information technologies have become, penetrating into all its layers. Any country in the modern world tries to keep up with the times and develop in all directions, and the development of digital technologies is often in first place. The developed digital infrastructure of any country allows solving important problems, one of which is affordable and quick access of citizens to public services. The author highlighted both the pros and cons of digitalization. The study of digitalization issues has shown that due to the introduction of new digital technologies in the sphere of Russian criminal justice, there is a certain positive development towards the automation and simplification of many procedures related to paper workflow. On the other hand, the country does not yet have certain technical and organizational capabilities for a universal transition to 100% use of digital technologies.