Protection of the journalist - special privilege of the civil society
The article deals with the mission of the journalist that has the public relevance in the field of the saturation coverage of the main problems of the society, information accumulation, analysis and distribution. The author emphasizes that the journalists are not enough guaranteed by the professional activity security and criticizes the practice of the enlargement of the criminal responsibility of the journalists cases. Thereby the author proposes to bring some amendments into the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in particular to establish the responsibility on the infringement on life of the journalist.