Aliev, N.A. Legal status of a witness in the criminal process in the Russian Federation.

Abstract: The Criminal Procedural Code of the Russian Federation for the first time legislatively provided for the procedural legal status of a witness as an independent participant of the criminal process with functions, rights and obligations. This article by N. A. Aliev is devoted to the elements of the legal status of a witness in a criminal process in comparison with the status of an individual and its elements.