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Federal Law of 27 July 2006 “About information, information technologies
and information protection” confirms the principle: Openness of information
on the activity of State authorities and local self-government bodies and easy
access to such information, except in certain cases determined by Federal
Laws. We can see this principle in other acts of the current legislation – the
publicity principle in the activity of the Russian Government (Federal Con-
stitutional Law of 17 December 1997 “About the Government of the Russian
Federation”), the principle of openness in the proceeding (Article 123 of the
Constitution of the Russian Federation), the openness of public service and
its availability to social control, objective informing the society about func-
tionaries activity (Federal Law of 27 May 2003 “About the system of public
service in the Russian Federation”).
Recently, important normative acts according to the same question were
adopted namely Federal Law of 22 December 2008 “About providing of
access to information on activity of courts in the Russian Federation” and
Federal Law of 9 February 2009 “About providing of access to information
about activity of State and local self-government bodies”. These Laws came
into force in 2010.
There is an unsolved question of legal regimes definition of some types of
information. The legislation on state secret must be defined more exactly. It
is necessary to define “official secret” by law. There are no laws concerning
official information, official secret and security of information interaction of
authorities.
B. Information exchange between authorities and private persons
In general the information exchange provides all governance processes.
Information turnover between the State and private persons involves both the
access to information by the State for citizens and companies (1) and accu-
mulation of information by the State itself from private persons and compa-
nies (2). The first direction is based on the realization of the right to infor-
mation access that is carried out in different legal regimes. So, the access to
socially significant information is submitted to the public law regime, and
access to information demanded by private persons is submitted to public
and private laws. The information from state registers is often requires pay-
ment. In these cases it is possible to see different manifestations of corrup-
tion, for instance, the possibility of the differentiation of prices for the infor-
mation. There is a question of elaboration of techniques for access to infor-
mation from state registers providing equal access, removing illegal competi-
tive advantages, and working out ways of access (public and with demands)
depending on the type of information (legal, economic, information on ac-
RIMD – n o 3 – 2012
Federal Law of 27 July 2006 “About information, information technologies
and information protection” confirms the principle: Openness of information
on the activity of State authorities and local self-government bodies and easy
access to such information, except in certain cases determined by Federal
Laws. We can see this principle in other acts of the current legislation – the
publicity principle in the activity of the Russian Government (Federal Con-
stitutional Law of 17 December 1997 “About the Government of the Russian
Federation”), the principle of openness in the proceeding (Article 123 of the
Constitution of the Russian Federation), the openness of public service and
its availability to social control, objective informing the society about func-
tionaries activity (Federal Law of 27 May 2003 “About the system of public
service in the Russian Federation”).
Recently, important normative acts according to the same question were
adopted namely Federal Law of 22 December 2008 “About providing of
access to information on activity of courts in the Russian Federation” and
Federal Law of 9 February 2009 “About providing of access to information
about activity of State and local self-government bodies”. These Laws came
into force in 2010.
There is an unsolved question of legal regimes definition of some types of
information. The legislation on state secret must be defined more exactly. It
is necessary to define “official secret” by law. There are no laws concerning
official information, official secret and security of information interaction of
authorities.
B. Information exchange between authorities and private persons
In general the information exchange provides all governance processes.
Information turnover between the State and private persons involves both the
access to information by the State for citizens and companies (1) and accu-
mulation of information by the State itself from private persons and compa-
nies (2). The first direction is based on the realization of the right to infor-
mation access that is carried out in different legal regimes. So, the access to
socially significant information is submitted to the public law regime, and
access to information demanded by private persons is submitted to public
and private laws. The information from state registers is often requires pay-
ment. In these cases it is possible to see different manifestations of corrup-
tion, for instance, the possibility of the differentiation of prices for the infor-
mation. There is a question of elaboration of techniques for access to infor-
mation from state registers providing equal access, removing illegal competi-
tive advantages, and working out ways of access (public and with demands)
depending on the type of information (legal, economic, information on ac-
RIMD – n o 3 – 2012
