Russian Federation

[RU] Mass Media Act Amended Again

IRIS 2000-9:1/36

Fyodor Kravchenko

Moscow Media Law and Policy Centre

On 5 August this year, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, signed a new Act, adding two new paragraphs to Section 41 of the 1991 Zakon o sredstvach massovoj informazii (Mass Media Act), the second time this year that new prohibitions have been added to the Act (see IRIS 2000-7: 14).

New paragraphs 3 and 4 of Section 41 of the Mass Media Act ban the dissemination in the mass media of information that identifies, directly or indirectly, a juvenile offender or victim of crime officially recognised as such during a criminal investigation or court proceedings. The only exception to this ban applies if the minor and/or his/her representative (parent or guardian) gives permission for their identity to be published.


References

  • Federal'nyj Zakon O vnesenii dopolnenij v statju 41 Zakona Rossijskoj Federazii O sredstvach massovoj informazii # 110-FZ, 05.08.2000, Parlamentskaya gazeta no.148, 08.08.2000 - Rossiyskaya gazeta # 152, 08.08.2000
  • Act of the Russian Federation of 5 August 2000 on additions to Section 41 of the Russian Federation Mass Media Act, officially published in Parlamentskaya gazeta no.148 of 8 August 2000 and Rossiyskaya gazeta no.152 of 8 August 2000

This article has been published in IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory.