Zakomoldin Ruslan Valerievich Agapov Pavel Valerievich Dulkina Lyudmila Vasilyevna

The article analyzes faking as one of the tools of encroachment on state, public and military security. It is noted that with the help of fakes, misinformation of society is organized, destructive effects on public consciousness are ensured, and negative public opinion is formed. The analysis is carried out on the example of a special military operation and the discrediting in this regard of the activities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, other troops, military formations and government agencies. Special attention is paid to the relevant criminal acts provided for in the articles 207, 207.1, 207.2, 207.3, 280.3, 284.1, 284.2, 330.1, 354.1 The Criminal Code OF the Russian Federation. In general, it is stated that in this context it is already possible to talk about a new form of crime and the need to counter it.

faking, discrediting, disinformation, destructive impact, information security, cyber propaganda, false information, unreliable information, special military operation, Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Zakomoldin Ruslan Valerievich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Researcher at the Research Institute, University of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation (15, 2nd Zvenigorodskaya st., Moscow, 123022, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0000-0002-8829-0211, RSCI AuthorID: 324593, e-mail: rus.zackomoldin@yandex.ru

Agapov Pavel Valerievich – Doctor of Juridical Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher at the Research Institute, University of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation (15, 2nd Zvenigorodskaya st., Moscow, 123022, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0000-0003-1836-1536, RSCI AuthorID: 254708, e-mail: kafedraup212@mail.ru

Dulkina Lyudmila Vasilyevna – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Senior Assistant Prosecutor, Prosecutor’s Office of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (29, Otke st., Anadyr, 689000, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0009-0002-1595-6534, RSCI AuthorID: 1247550, e-mail: ludmila090876@mail.ru

Zakomoldin R. V., Agapov P. V., Dulkina L. V. Fejking kak instrument diskreditacii armii i destruktivnogo vozdejstviya na obshchestvo: ugolovno-pravovoj aspekt [Faking as a tool to discredit the army and have a destructive impact on society: the criminal law aspect] Sibirskij yuridicheskij vestnik [Siberian Law Herald]. 2024, no 2(105), pp. 75–82. – DOI 10.26516/2071-8136.2024.2.75 (in Russian)

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