Russian edict against crypto (alt. translation)

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

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