Putin signed a package of laws concerning the rights and freedoms of citizens, including in the online space:
Fines and criminal liability are introduced for participation in the activities of international non-profit or non-governmental organizations that do not have legal status in Russia.
Mobilized and conscripts will be banned from leaving Russia from the moment the agenda is published in the electronic register, and until it starts working, from the moment the agenda is sent.
Employees of the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Russian Guard, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Federal Security Service, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the GUSP and individual private security companies, while guarding facilities of increased anti-terrorist security, will be able to shoot down drones in the air, water and on the ground.
new mobilization.
Recall that the other day Putin also signed a law on a significant increase in fines for non-appearance at the military registration and enlistment office on the agenda (including electronic) without a good reason.
A law was also signed allowing employees of the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Russian Guard, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the FSO, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the GUSP and individual private security companies to shoot down drones in the air, water and on the ground while protecting objects of increased anti-terrorist security.
Laws on strict regulation of NGOs and on the right of security forces to shoot down UAVs were signed
Putin also approved a ban on travel abroad for citizens who received a summons to the army, and signed a number of restrictive and prohibitive laws.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a package of laws concerning the rights and freedoms of citizens, including in the online space.
Two laws that have really excited not only human rights activists, but also IT professionals, introduce fines and even criminal liability for participation in the activities of international non-profit or non-governmental organizations that do not have legal status in Russia.
For participation in the activities of such organizations, Russians are fined from 3 to 5 thousand rubles, for officials – from 20 to 50 thousand, for legal entities – from 50 to 100 thousand. Foreigners will also be able to be expelled from Russia.
At the same time, criminal liability for up to two years in prison will bethreaten those who have already received administrative punishment for a similar violation or have a criminal record for cooperation with a foreign NGO whose activities are recognized as undesirable in Russia. For the organization of the activities of such an NPO, they are going to impose a punishment of up to three years in prison.
Potentially, these can threaten the contributors of various international IT projects, including the creators of open source software, registrars, and others.
The human rights project “Network Freedoms” at the same time notes that although the alarm of experts is justified, there are no reasons for panic yet, and here’s why:
- There is a potential risk (the forms of participation in activities are not defined by law, and the practice of “undesirable” organizations shows that the range of actions qualifying as participation is as wide as possible), however, they will not come for everyone due to the high latency of such activities and the lack of resources/need.
- A one-time participation (report, donation, etc.) is most likely safe, since the statute of limitations for such cases has so far been established as a general one – 3 months.
- Systematic cooperation creates risks. Since administrative prejudice is introduced in such cases, bringing someone to administrative responsibility will mean (1) an increased risk of criminal prosecution for him/her personally; (2) a signal to others that participation in the activities of this particular NGO is toxic.
- The law opens the field for covert activities and informal pressure from the bodies carrying out operational-search activities.
- This can be used as a way to cut off unreliable NGOs and international Internet projects.
Other experts stressed that the wording of the laws is very vague, so it is difficult to judge whether this will affect developers, but there are no direct indications of this in the document.
Perhaps one of the most resonant laws of this summer is the ban on mobilized and conscripts to leave Russia from the moment the agenda is published in the electronic register, and so far it has not started working – from the moment the agenda was sent.
In the previous electronic summons law, a draftee was given seven days after the summons was posted on the register before travel was restricted.
The law signed today by the President also obliges medical and educational organizations to provide electronically to state authorities the necessary information for maintaining military records of information about citizens.
Andrey Kartapolov, head of the State Duma Committee on Defense , said that a draft law on criminal liability for evading military service would be submitted to the State Duma in the fall. Punishment for evasion will be up to five years in prison. At the same time, the head of the Duma Committee stressed that this had nothing to do with the new mobilization.
Recall that the other day Putin also signed a law on a significant increase in fines for non-appearance at the military registration and enlistment office on the agenda (including electronic) without a good reason.
A law was also signed allowing employees of the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Russian Guard, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the FSO, the Federal Penitentiary Service, the GUSP and individual private security companies to shoot down drones in the air, water and on the ground while protecting objects of increased anti-terrorist security.
UPD: A law has been signed banning operators from providing communication services without installing TSPU .
Recall that initially the bill was aimed at “regulating the transition to a registry model for assigning radio frequencies or radio frequency channels for civilian radio electronic equipment,” however, through the efforts of United Russia deputy Anton Gorelkin, by the second reading it was overgrown with many rather odious amendments.
Now the telecom operator has the right to start providing services for providing access to the information and telecommunication network “Internet” only if it ensures the installation of technical means to counter threats in its communication network.
Also, traffic exchange points will be required to install technical means of countering threats (TSPU).
The new law contains many other norms that strictly regulate the activities of telecom operators. The law enters into force on September 1, 2023, with the exception of several clauses that will enter into force on the same day, but a year later