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Ministry of Defense proposed to declare information in the field of defense confidential

The Russian Ministry of Defense proposed to classify information about the defense sector as confidential, which is not a state secret, follows from the draft of the military department to amend the law “On Defense”. Document published on the portal of legal information.

“It is proposed that information generated during the implementation of measures in the field of defense and not constituting a state secret should be classified as confidential at the legislative level,” the explanatory note says.

The authors believe that organizations sometimes post official information concerning the organization of state defense in the mass media. “Measures carried out within the framework of the legislation of the Russian Federation to restrict access to information in the field of defense (including in relation to the state defense order), which is not classified as a state secret in the established manner, do not allow to fully restrict its dissemination in open sources”, – specified in the department.

For the disclosure of such information, it is proposed to establish administrative and disciplinary liability. Information that constitutes an official secret in the field of defense, according to the document, will be established by the country’s leadership.

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