The Law on the Protection of State Security was approved by the Federation Council

The Federation Council approved the law on criminal law counteraction to various threats to state security.

On July 8, 2022, the Federation Council approved a law providing for changes in legislation in the field of state security.

The bill was submitted to the State Duma on May 25 by deputies Vasily Piskarev, Ernest Valeev, Andrey Kartapolov, Andrey Krasov and Anatoly Vyborny, on June 14 it was adopted in the first reading , and on July 5 in the second, taking into account the amendments recommended by the committee on state construction and legislation. On July 6, the third reading took place .

The law introduces new articles into the Criminal Code that provide for punishment:

for telecom operators who have repeatedly violated the procedure for installing, operating and upgrading technical means of countering threats (TSPU);
for citizens of Russia who have established and maintain relations of "cooperation on a confidential basis with a representative of a foreign state, international or foreign organization in order to assist them in activities knowingly directed against the security of the Russian Federation", if their actions do not contain the composition of Art. 275 of the Criminal Code (treason);
for public calls to carry out activities directed against the security of the state;
for violation of the requirements for the protection of state secrets regarding the departure and transfer of information media abroad.

The law also includes provisions on:

extension of Art. 208 of the Criminal Code (organization of an illegal armed formation) on the participation of citizens and stateless persons living in Russia in any armed conflicts abroad, "contrary to the interests of the Russian Federation";
extension of Art. 275 (treason) to go over to the side of the enemy during an armed conflict;
extension of Art. 276 of the Criminal Code (espionage) - for "transfer, collection, abduction or storage for the purpose of transferring to the enemy information that can be used against the Russian armed forces in an armed conflict;
extension of Art. 284.1 of the Criminal Code (carrying out activities of an undesirable organization) - for participation in the activities of "undesirable organizations", their financing and organization of activities not only in Russia, but also in any other territories;
tougher liability under Art. 359 of the Criminal Code (mercenarism).

The law also provides for "partial criminalization" of propaganda, display and production of prohibited symbols: it introduces a new article 282.4 into the Criminal Code (repeated propaganda or public demonstration of Nazi paraphernalia or symbols, or paraphernalia or symbols of extremist organizations, or other paraphernalia or symbols, propaganda or public demonstration which are prohibited by federal laws), i.e. criminalizes repeated violation of Art. 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses. The article assumes severe sanctions - from a fine of 600 thousand rubles to four years in prison.

We wrote more about the content of the law here .

It is assumed that the law will come into force from the date of publication, with the exception of the provisions of the new article of the Criminal Code 274.2 (violation of the rules for centralized management of technical means to counter threats to the stability, security and integrity of the operation of the Internet information and telecommunications network and the public communication network on the territory of the Russian Federation) - they should enter into force simultaneously with the introduction of Article 13.42.1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (its introduction into the Code of Administrative Offenses is provided for by this bill) - January 1, 2023.

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