UDC 343.3

FOREIGN AND HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE OF LEGAL REGULATION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF DELIBERATELY FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE Foreign and historical experience of legal regulation of criminal liability for the dissemination of deliberately false information about the state

Published in Journal of Applied Research · Issue 7, 2026 · ELocator: 385-388 · Rubric: LAW. LEGAL SCIENCES.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34755/p7284-9724-3205-l
Received: 16.10.2026 Accepted: 16.10.2026 Published: 16.10.2026
The article examines foreign and historical experience in the legal regulation of criminal liability for the dissemination of knowingly false information about the activities of the armed forces and government bodies. It is concluded that at different times and in different countries, different approaches were taken to both the criminalization and the penalization of such acts. In addition, both the structural and qualifying features of the elements of the relevant crimes are formulated differently. Based on a comparative analysis of other provisions and Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, proposals are made to amend the text of the domestic article: to define a different object of the crime; to establish the presence of a threat of consequences as a mandatory element; to revise the position regarding the public danger of this crime; and to limit the scope of application of the article to wartime conditions only.
criminal liability, safety, "fakes", armed forces, state bodies
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