To the issue of cross - examination

In this paper -work the author substantiates the importance of cross-examination of the defendant’s rights to protection from the charges against the above-mentioned, which occupies one of the most significant places in the law system. Futhermore, the author indicates the reasons for the lack of adversarial structure of judicial cross-examination in the Russian criminal proceedings. The originator substantiates the need for the introduction of cross-examination in the domestic criminal proceedings. The aforesaid analyzes the regulation of the cross-examination in the international law, and the practice of the European Court of Human Rights. The author examines the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the above stated of the Supreme Court of the RF (Russian Federation). For ullistrative purposes the author cites a number of proposals of legal scholars, who suggest different options for interrogation by analogy with the laws of other countries.