To the Question of the Fight Against the Dissemination of Incorrect Information About the Work of State Bodies of Russia Abroad

Information impact allows organizing public reaction to ongoing state and social processes. Currently, anti-Russian information and propaganda activities are being actively carried out, which is carried out in the context of the aggravation of the geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the conduct of a special military operation. In this context, it is important to improve sectoral legislation in terms of securing responsibility not only for the dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, but also about the functioning of state authorities of the Russian Federation on the territory of foreign states.

Given the importance of the activities of the above-mentioned state bodies in ensuring and protecting the rights and legitimate interests of citizens of the Russian Federation abroad, such unlawful behavior poses a significant public danger.

The purpose of the presented study is to analyze modern mechanisms for combating the spread of false information about the work of Russian state bodies abroad. The author comes to the conclusion that the fight against the analyzed offenses and crimes involves a complex impact on both the illegal practice and the circumstances that give rise to it. Attention is focused on the need to reorient preventive activities to the Internet space, including the full use of the potential of social networks and video hosting. The most important practical importance of raising the level of information literacy of the Russian population in terms of a careful choice of information sources and the formation of a proper reaction when knowingly false information is identified is noted.