Russian international cooperation in the sphere of execution of criminal sentences

The article is devoted to the issues of the Russian international cooperation in the sphere of the criminal sentences execution as seen in the historical perspective. Special attention is given to the forms, ways and means of the international cooperation in the criminal proceedings associated with the criminal extradition, different forms of assistance in the crime investigation process and court proceedings, including letters of request, execution of the court orders and handing-in the protocols of the court decisions, giving testimony in other countries, transferring the court proceedings, transporting the foreign prisoners and sentences execution abroad, as well as supervising persons on conditional discharge in other countries.