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State Duma to discuss bill giving investigators right to conduct interviews by videolink

Draft amendments to the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure granting investigators the right to interview victims, specialists, experts and witnesses in criminal cases via videoconferencing means has been submitted to the lower house of the Russian parliament.

10:58 02.06.2021

Litigants to take part in hearings via their smartphones – Russia’s Supreme Court Chair

The progress in the development of new technologies and web conferences will permit parties to participate in court hearings via their personal smartphones or computers, according to the Chairman of Russia’s Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev.

16:26 09.02.2021

First online hearing on Court Portal platform held in St. Petersburg

The first ever court hearings in their entirety have been held online in St. Petersburg; the participants have registered via a governmental website of state services, what enabled distant identification.

18:17 27.05.2020

Videoconference trials do not violate rights of defendants – Russian Supreme Court

Court proceedings conducted through video link meet the criteria for fair and public hearing of a case and do not violate the rights of accused persons, the Russian Supreme Court explains in its second judicial review published during the pandemic of coronavirus.

13:32 30.04.2020

Russian senators develop bills on video court hearings

MOSCOW, April 2 (RAPSI) – The Federation Council members Alexey Russkikh and Andrey Klishas have drafted a package of bills proposing to hold court hearings through videoconference. The documents, according to Russkikh, have been sent to the Supreme Court and Government for their conclusions. There are a lot of lawsuits in courts now that cannot be considered because of the coronavirus pandemic. The bills are aimed to prevent violation of procedural rights, prompt the terms of case consideration, reduce time expenditures and legal expenses and improve the level of enforcement of the right to judicial protection of people with disabilities, the bills’ authors believe.

18:16 02.04.2020

Russian Higher Judges' Qualifications Board considers holding of videolink hearings

The Higher Judges' Qualifications Board of the Russian Federation is considering a possibility of holding hearings via videoconferencing because of the coronavirus infection.

17:02 20.03.2020