censorship

Introduction. In the information society framework mass media fulfil a number of significant social functions. That leads to provision of governmental and legal guarantees for mass media and journalists. Article 144 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is one of these guarantees, and the article stipulates liability for impeding legal professional activities of journalists. Purpose.

Introduction. For a more thorough understanding of Part 5 Article 29 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, it is necessary to take into account the positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on the content of the constitutional prohibition of censorship. Purpose. To carry out the systematization and generalization of the legal positions of the Constitutional Court on problems related to the implementation of the constitutional prohibition of censorship.

The given article explores the history of emergence of the statement of inadmissibility of censorship first in laws of the press and mass media and later in the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Comparative analysis of prohibition of censorship in the constitutions of 12 countries formed within post soviet territory has been carried out. Prohibition of censorship is considered to be a guarantee of freedom of thought and speech, freedom of expression and belief, and a right of collection and dissemination of information.