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Russian edict against crypto (alt. translation)
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 11:47:26 -0400
Posted-Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 11:36:00 -0400 From: Stanton McCandlish <mech () eff org> Here's an alternate translation, in case parts of it may not be clear. If there are any people capable of properly translating Russian legal terms to English, please let us know what the optimal translation would be. [Translated by Gregory S. Tseytin <tseytin () hm spb su>, Wed, 19 Apr 1995. Note: this is a preliminary translation, and Tseytin states he may not be fully competent to translate legal terms. This translation will probably be revised by subsequent translators] EDICT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENFORCING LEGAL ORDER IN THE AREA OF DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, SALES AND USE OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS, AS WELL AS RENDERING SERVICES IN INFORMATION ENCRYPTION In order to secure unconditional fulfillment of the Law of the Russian Federation "About federal bodies for government communications and information", as well as to intensify the struggle against organized crime and to enhance protection of information and telecommunication systems of the bodies of state power, Russian structures for banking and finance, enterprises and organizations I decree: 1. The Programme for creation and development of information and telecommunication system for special assignments for the benefit of bodies of state power shall have the status of Presidential programme. The Center for Presidential programmes at the Administration of the President of the Russian federation jointly with the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation shall arrange for finishing and implementation of the programme. 2. To forbid use by government organizations and enterprises in their information and telecommunication systems of encryption instruments, including cryptographic instruments in support of authenticity of information (electronic signature), and protected technical devices for storing, processing and transmission of information which have no certificate from the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation, as well as giving government contracts to enterprises, organizations using said technical and encrypting instruments having no certificate from the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation. 3. To advise the Central bank of the Russian federation and the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation to take necessary actions with respect to commercial banks evading mandatory use of protected technical instruments for storing, processing and transmission of information, having a certificate from the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation, in their informational interaction with subdivisions of the Central bank of the Russian Federation. 4. For improvement of informational security of the Russian Federation and intensification of the struggle against organized crime, to forbid activities of legal and physical persons related to development, production, sales and use of encryption instruments as well as protected technical devices for storing, processing and transmission of information, rendering services in information encryption, without licenses issued by the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation, in accordance with the Law of the Russian Federation "About federal bodies for government communications and information". 5. The State customs committee of the Russian Federation shall take actions to stop import into the territory of the Russian Federation of cryptographic instruments of foreign make without a license from the Ministry for external economic relations of the Russian Federation issued with the consent of the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation. 6. The federal counterintelligence service of the Russian Federation jointly with the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation, the State tax service of the Russian Federation and the Department of tax police of the Russian Federation shall carry out detection of legal and physical persons violating the requirements of this edict. 7. To advise the Office of the Procurator-General of the Russian Federation to intensify procurator supervision of enforcement of the Law of the Russian Federation "About federal bodies for government communications and information" regarding development, production, sales and use of cryptographic instruments as well as rendering services in information encryption in Russian Federation, subject to licensing and certification by the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation. 8. To establish the Federal center for protection of economic information at the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation (within the personnel quota for this agency) with the mission of development and implementation of manifold programs of safeguarding security of economic information of Russian structures for banking, finance and other economically significant structures. The director-general of the Federal agency for government communications and information attached to the President of the Russian Federation shall approve within 2 months the Statute of the said center. 9. This edict takes effect since the day of its publication. President of the Russian Federation B.Yeltsin Moscow, Kremlin 3 April, 1995 no. 334
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