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The State Duma (parliament) of the Russian Federation adopted on 24 June 2016 a set of amendments to the Federal Law “On Counteraction to Terrorism” (See IRIS 2006-5:19/33) and other laws that shall affect telecom sector in Russia. The President signed the amendments into law on 6 July 2016. Among other things, the law makes additions to the 2003 Federal Statute “On Communications” and to the Federal Law “On Information, Information Technologies and Protection of Information” (see IRIS 2014-3/40 and IRIS 2014-6/31), adding requirements for Internet and telecom providers to store (in Russia) for...

The State Duma (parliament) of the Russian Federation adopted on 22 June 2016 amendments to the statutes “On the Mass Media” (see IRIS 2011-7/42) and “On Communications” that provide for guidance in selecting regional TV channels for must-carry purposes. The President signed the amendments into law on 3 July 2016. The amendments specify that the audience of each region (or province) of the Russian Federation will have one TV channel as part of the must-carry free set of channels provided with the digital switchover. Such a channel shall be selected in accordance with a special procedure to be established...

On 22 June 2016 the State Duma (parliament) of the Russian Federation adopted a statute that amends the statutes on Mass Media (see IRIS 2001-9/25) and on Advertising (see IRIS 2006-4/34) by introducing rules for TV audience measurement services. In particular, the amendments prohibit foreign entities, foreign governments, international organizations, as well as Russian entities under their control or with foreign participation or foreign capital exceeding 20 percent, from engaging in television audience measurement services. From now on this activity will be allowed only under special authorization...

By a decree of 27 February 2016 the Government of Russia adopted “Rules on issuance, denial of issuance and reclaiming of an exhibition permit for a film”. The new rules supersede the current ones, which were issued in 1993. The permit is obligatory for film exhibition in a cinema, for rental of films in hard copy, or for both exhibition and rental. The Ministry of Culture is the governmental office in charge of the process. Within ten working days of submission it reviews applications together with copies of a set of documents related to the applicant and the film itself (including starting date...

On 29 August 2015, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an Ordnance of the Government of the Russian Federation that approved the amended Federal Target Programme (FTP) "Development of TV and radio broadcasting in the Russian Federation in 2009-2015” (see IRIS 2010-4/39). By the Ordnance, the Government now extends a complete digital terrestrial broadcasting switchover in Russia until the end of 2018. The FTP now states that, by early 2015, 85.3 per cent of the population had the ability to watch digital terrestrial must-carry TV channels, while 49 per cent could watch 20 free-access digital TV...