a New law prohibiting to defame the reputation of the FSB, on Thursday received approval in the Federation Council. The idea of lawmakers, it prohibits the former KGB to publish anything about the work in the “office” without permission. But, according to the former Deputy Director of intelligence, head of the Moscow management, General Yevgeny Savostyanov, the law is written so that it prohibits any publication on the FSB without approval.
the Deputies decided to amend the law “On Federal security service”. To complement its obligation for current and former employees and officials to “respect the confidentiality of information… a professional secret”. This is related to state secrets or proprietary information of limited distribution, but the disclosure of which “may create a threat to their own security of bodies of the Federal security service and/or damage their reputation.” Prepared by current and former KGB materials relating to the activities of the FSB, “subjected to peer review in the Federal security service”. Without it, publication is not allowed.
— the Appearance of this document indicates the illness of the system, — said the General of FSB in resignation Alexander Mikhailov. — In the Soviet and post-Soviet times, up to a certain point, the system was confident in his people. And now there was a certain number of talkers who divulge information known to them in the service. But what is a professional secret, I honestly don’t know. Is that price in the dining room? The location of the offices? That is a professional secret, if there is such a thing as a state secret and official secret? Moreover, every person who is dismissed from bodies, he gives a subscription about nondisclosure of information which became known to him in the service. But I understand where the wind blows. The public relations center of the FSB is unable to defend and protect the honor and dignity of its people. Previously, because our task (General Mikhailov at the time was the head of TSOs FSB. the Auth.) was, on the contrary, the use of all instruments of publicity to combat compromise and slander against the state security organs. And it was a form of civil oversight of the security services. For example, people who are not able to find justice, publishes something to do with his vile boss. And he said: you have disclosed the trade secrets. And another form of struggle is with assholes that do sometimes happen in the system?
No wonder that the bill prescribed “damage to reputation”…
— Reputation damage are not journalists, and employees. If the Academy graduates get “Gelandewagen” column and go to Moscow — it’s a secret?
the law says that onlimit, it is acceptable to publish and what not, will be the chief “of the Federal body of Executive power in the field of security”.
— the Head of territorial body give some eighteenth-guard, and that to increase its significance, will say “I consider inexpedient”. This is where it will end. And the question of disclosure is highly questionable. We talk and prepared for publication the material. And when you’re dealing with a comment? How can I, for example, in a television broadcast to get agreement for what I say now?
General Savostyanov, in turn, believes that the new law will allow to silence in General, any citizen of Russia, dissatisfied with the activities of the FSB.
After the vote on the amendments to the Constitution, the authorities decided that everything was allowed. And need to silence every voice that FSB is nothing but shame won’t bring. FSB equated to the dead, which is either good or nothing, ‘ said Savostyanov. — Protection of reputation? Reputation — it has two sides. Reputation before the authorities and public reputation. Closing of the FSB for criticism, you give the FSB a good reputation to the authorities, but not in the eyes of the public. For what purpose it is done, I can not understand. But then only a matter of time when the Federal security service, emergencies Ministry, Regardie and so on will go the same way. Most importantly, no one pays attention to the last sentence of the sixth paragraph: “the Publication (publishing, dissemination) informational materials concerning activities of bodies of the Federal security service, without appropriate signing authority of the Federal security service is not allowed.” But here already we are not talking about former employees. Here we are talking about all. The entire text of the law are directed to former employees, and suddenly, under the sly, supported the proposal that any investigator would allow any person, journalist or public figure, just the complaining citizen to prosecute. Bung it all in his mouth.
it is unclear how the new legislative requirements relate to the law on media, article 3 “Prohibition of censorship”: “Censorship of mass information, that is, the requirement of editorial media from the officials, state bodies, organizations, establishments or public associations preliminary coordinate messages and materials (except cases when the official is an author or interviewee), as well as a ban on the dissemination of messages and materials, their separate parts – is not allowed”. And in article 29 of the Constitution no amendments were made. Paragraph 1 of that article reads: “Everyone is guaranteed freedom of thought and speech” and paragraphs 4 and 5: “Everyone has the right freely to seek, receive, transmit, produce and disseminate information by any legal way. The list of information constituting a state secret is defined by Federal law. Guaranteed freedom of the media. Censorship is prohibited”.
