Digital information and its carriers in criminal procedure proving: development of legal regulation

The author considers the development of the Russian Criminal Procedure Institution of using digital information and its carriers in criminal case proving. It is stated that the institution dates back to 2010 since the adoption of the Federal Law № 143-FZ, which introduced Clause 186.1 “Obtaining information about connections between subscribers and (or) subscriber units” into the RF Criminal Procedure Code. Since then, the organization providing communication services have been providing submitting information in a variety of physical media. The author proves the prospects for the development of electronic information backup and many other issues of dealing with digital information and its carriers. Attention is drawn to the fact that criminal proceedings should be developed on account of the modern information and communication relations in society.