Juridicheskiy vestnik Samarskogo universiteta Juridical Journal of Samara UniversityJuridicheskiy vestnik Samarskogo universiteta Juridical Journal of Samara University2542-047X2782-2990Samara National Research University1082210.18287/2542-047X-2022-8-2-82-87Research ArticleFeatures of obtaining the testimony of a witness located on the territory of another stateLaninaV. S.vlanina2009@yandex.ruSaratov State Law Academy101120228282871011202210112022Copyright © 2022, Lanina V.S.2022<p style="text-align: justify;">This article examines the methods of obtaining the testimony of a witness located on the territory of another state. The author analyzes the importance of witness testimony in the field of proof, as well as what difficulties may arise in the course of their implementation. The essence and mechanism of the application of international legal assistance is noted when it is necessary to interrogate a witness located abroad, including options for notifying such witnesses through a diplomatic, special or direct method. In this case, the interrogation of a witness by a foreign court or other competent authority on the territory of a State is carried out when a court of one state applies to a court of another state with such a request. In addition, the parties or the witness himself have the right to apply to a notary both in the Russian Federation and abroad as part of the issue of securing evidence. The possibility of the witnesss participation in the trial using information technology, namely videoconferencing and web conference, is being considered.</p>свидетельсвидетельские показаниямеждународная правовая помощьобеспечение доказательстввидео-конференц-связьвеб-конференциягражданский процессwitnesstestimonyinternational legal assistanceproviding evidencevideo conferencingweb conferencecivil procedure[Grigorieva O. G. Mezhdunarodnaya pravovaya pomoshch’ po grazhdanskim delam v yuridicheskoy nauke sovetskogo gosudarstva [The concept of international legal assistance in civil cases in the legal science of the Soviet state]. Biznes v zakone [Business in Law], 2013, no. 6, pp. 19–22. Available at: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=21024170. EDN: https://www.elibrary.ru/rsbwlf [in Russian].][Loshkarev A. V., Fadeev A. V., Fedyakina A. G. Problema izveshcheniya lits, uchastvuyushchikh v grazhdanskom sudoproizvodstve [The problem of notifying persons involved in civil proceedings]. Mezhdunarodnyy zhurnal gumanitarnykh i estestvennykh nauk [International Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences], 2020, no. 1–2 (40), pp. 190–193. Available at: http://doi.org/10.24411/2500-1000-2020-10091. EDN: https://www.elibrary.ru/joqbwk [in Russian].][Kommentariy k Arbitrazhnomu protsessual’nomu kodeksu Rossiyskoy Federatsii (postateynyy). Pod red. V. V. Yarkova [Yarkov V. V. (Ed.) Commentary to the Arbitration Procedural Code of the Russian Federation (article-by-article)]. Moscow: Volters Kluver, 2004, 784 p. Available at: https://kommentarii.org/2020/kom_arbitraj/; https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=20035978. EDN: https://www.elibrary.ru/qwlqfj [in Russian].][Lakoba A. D. Obespechenie dokazatel’stv v notarial’nom poryadke [Provision of evidence in a notarial order]. Innovatsii i investitsii [Innovations and Investments], 2015, no. 11, pp. 270–273. Available at: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=25916245. EDN: https://www.elibrary.ru/vvdgkn [in Russian].][Begichev A. V. Osnovnye polozheniya obespecheniya notariusami dokazatel’stv [The main provisions of providing evidence notaries]. Obrazovanie i pravo [Education and Law], 2014, no. 3–4 (55–56), pp. 120–127. Available at: https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/osnovnye-polozheniya-obespecheniya-notariusami-dokazatelstv; https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=21399003. EDN: https://www.elibrary.ru/sahdht [in Russian].][Nikulshina O. G. Sub”ekty mezhdunarodnoy pravovoy pomoshchi po grazhdanskim delam [Subjects of international legal assistance in civil cases]. Zakonodatel’stvo i ekonomika, 2008, no. 4, pp. 57–61. Available at: https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=10337355. EDN: https://www.elibrary.ru/isfnlt [in Russian].]