Some questions of the criminal law protection of the state and other secrets in the Russian legislation
The task. The relevance of the research topic due to the presence of a large amount of confidential information protected by applicable law. However, only some of them had criminal legal protection. In this regard, there is a need to explore the kinds of information that constitutes personal, family, state and other secrets. Methodology. The authors used the method of dialectical cognition, allowed to compare features of the development of legal and scientific concepts of confidential information and the range of their protection. With the help of historical and legal and formal-logical method were justified proposals for improving the current legislation. Conclusions. In order to solve scientific problems the authors studied the provisions of the existing criminal and civil law, the law on administrative offenses and the protection of personal data. grounded proposals to criminalize the disclosure of medical and attorney-client privilege: As a result of new scientific data characterizing the novel were obtained. Studied the practice of criminal law provisions regarding the protection of confidential information. The practical significance. The article is of interest to a wide range of specialists who study the legal protection of confidential information in the Russian legislation.