The Development of Domestic Criminal Legislation on Liability for Disclosure of State Secrets from the Time of Ancient Rusto 1996

The article discusses the main stages of development domestic legislation on criminal liability for disclosure state secrets from 1397 to 1996. Within periods 1917, 1917 1943 and 1996 characteristic feature first second responsibility is that there was no separate norm providing this crime persons beyond military. In addition, some acts qualified as were previously equated espionage entailed much harsher penalties than at present. stage characterized by introduction in an independent articleto Criminal Code RSFSR 1926, responsibilityof officials who are not military personnel loss documents containing them. It underwent several changesbefore 1958, after which it entered 1960.