Technologies for the use of video conferencing during the preliminary investigation: today's problems

The introduction of digital technologies in many areas of life, including criminal justice, is the need of today. This article attempts to analyze the issues of using video conferencing during interrogation, confrontation at the stage of preliminary investigation. Cases of possible use of video conferencing are specified; organizational issues are discussed, allowing to effectively conduct an investigative action; a possible algorithm for ensuring and conducting interrogation and confrontation using videoconferencing systems is proposed; analyzes the procedural rules governing the rules for the use of video conferencing in the production of investigative actions, while a significant place is occupied by the issues of observing the rights of participants in investigative actions; problematic issues of an organizational, technical, tactical nature are investigated, and ways to solve them are proposed.