Based on an analysis of doctrinal approaches, the article examines the legal nature, purpose and tasks of the operational-search measure “obtaining computer information”. The Russian construction of the measure is compared with the approaches of East and Southeast Asian states – the People’s Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – to law enforcement access to computer information in the detection and investigation of remote (distance) crimes. Proposals for improving Russian regulation are formulated
operational-search activity, obtaining computer information, computer information, remote crimes, electronic evidence, remote access, foreign experience
1. Bazhenov, S. V. Operativno-rozysknoe meropriyatie «Poluchenie komp’yuternoj informacii» [The operational-search measure “Obtaining computer information”]. Nauchnyj vestnik Omskoj akademii MVD Rossii – Scientific Bulletin of the Omsk Academy of the MIA of Russia. 2017, no. 2(65), pp. 31–34. (in Russian).
2. Osipenko, A. L. Novoe operativno-rozysknoe meropriyatie «poluchenie komp’yuternoj informacii»: soderzhanie i osnovy osushchestvleniya [The new operational-search measure “obtaining computer information”: content and bases of implementation]. Vestnik Voronezhskogo instituta MVD Rossii – Bulletin of the Voronezh Institute of the MIA of Russia. 2016, no. 3, pp. 83–90. (in Russian).
3. Shchetnev, L. E., Tomilin, S. M. Operativno-rozysknoe meropriyatie «poluchenie komp’yuternoj informacii»: soderzhanie, struktura, tekhnicheskie aspekty provedeniya. Vestnik Vladimirskogo yuridicheskogo instituta. 2019, no. 4(53), pp. 116–119. (in Russian).
4. Petrov, V. V. Osobennosti i pravovye aspekty provedeniya operativnorozysknyh meropriyatij «snyatie informacii s tekhnicheskih kanalov svyazi» i «poluchenie komp’yuternoj informacii». Vestnik Ufimskogo yuridicheskogo instituta MVD Rossii. 2025, no. 1(107), pp. 132–145. (in Russian).
5. Petrov, I. V., Fokin, E. I. K voprosu o sposobah realizacii operativno-razysknogo meropriyatiya «poluchenie komp’yuternoj informacii». Voennoe pravo – Military Law. 2019, no. 6(58), pp. 186–193. (in Russian).
6. Foigel, E. I., Procenko, A. G. K voprosu o problemah prakticheskoj realizacii novogo operativno-rozysknogo meropriyatiya «poluchenie komp’yuternoj informacii» pri raskrytii prestuplenij v sfere komp’yuternoj informacii. Pp. 73–82. (in Russian).
7. Epifanov, S. S., Vechkaev, N. S. Pravovoe obespechenie primeneniya cifrovyh operativno-rozysknyh sredstv pri osushchestvlenii operativno-rozysknoj deyatel’nosti: ponyatie, sostoyanie i perspektivy. Pravo i gosudarstvo: teoriya i praktika. 2025, no. 5, pp. 521–523. (in Russian).
8. Yang, F., Feng, J. Rules of electronic data in criminal cases in China. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice. 2021, vol. 64, article 100453.
9. Guo, Z. Regulating the use of electronic evidence in Chinese courts: legislative efforts, academic debates and practical applications. Computer Law & Security Review. 2022, vol. 48, article 105774. (in Russian).
10. Du, J., Ding, L., Chen, G. Research on the Rules of Electronic Evidence in Chinese Criminal Proceedings. International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics. 2020, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 111–121. (in Russian).
11. Abraha, H. H. Regulating law enforcement access to electronic evidence across borders: the United States approach. Information & Communications Technology Law. 2020, vol. 29, iss. 3, pp. 324–353. (in Russian).
12. Svantesson, D. J. B., van Zwieten, L. Law enforcement access to evidence via direct contact with cloud providers – identifying the contours of a solution. Computer Law & Security Review. 2016, vol. 32, iss. 5, pp. 671–682..(in Russian).
