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Chapter VI. Interstate Cooperation In The Sphere Of Mass Communication
Article 53. Interstate Treaties and Agreements
Interstate cooperation in the sphere of mass communication shall be effected on the basis of treaties and agreements concluded by the Russian Federation.
The editorial offices, sections and the professional associations of journalists shall take part in international cooperation in the sphere of mass communication on the basis of agreements concluded with individuals and legal entities from other States, and also with international organizations.
Article 54. The Dissemination of Foreign Information
Citizens of the Russian Federation shall be guaranteed unimpeded access to reports and materials of foreign mass media.
The reception of programmes of direct TV broadcasting shall be limited not otherwise than in cases provided for by interstate treaties and agreements concluded by the Russian Federation.
To disseminate its products, the foreign periodical printed publication, which is not registered in the Russian Federation, has the place of the permanent stay of its founder or editorial office beyond the Russian Federation, and which is financed by foreign States, legal entities or individuals, shall be obliged to receive the permit of the Ministry of the Press and Information of the Russian Federation, unless the procedure for dissemination is established by the interstate agreement concluded by the Russian Federation.
Article 55. Foreign Correspondents
The representative office of foreign mass media shall be set up in the Russian Federation with the permission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation unless otherwise provided for by the interstate agreement concluded by the Russian Federation.
The foreign representative offices of mass media registered in the Russian Federation shall be set up in the order prescribed by the legislative acts of the Russian Federation and the host country, unless otherwise provided for by the interstate agreement concluded by the Russian Federation.
Foreign correspondents who stay in the Russian Federation shall be accredited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in keeping with Article 48 of the present Law.
Foreign correspondents, not accredited in the Russian Federation in a statutory manner, shall enjoy the rights and bear the duties as representatives of a foreign legal entity.
The following persons shall be released from the obligatory accreditation to carry on professional activities in the Russian Federation: foreign correspondents accredited earlier in the USSR or in the sovereign States incorporated in it; correspondents of mass media registered earlier by the state organs of the USSR or the sovereign States incorporated in it.
The professional status of the journalist established by the present Law shall extend to the correspondents accredited in the Russian Federation, regardless of their citizenship. The Government of the Russian Federation may introduce retaliatory restrictions with regard to mass media correspondents of the State where there are special limitations on the professional activities of the journalists of the mass media registered in the Russian Federation.
Foreign correspondents of the mass media registered in the Russian Federation, shall enjoy, regardless of their citizenship, the rights and duties of the journalist established by the present Law, unless this runs counter to the legislation of the host country.
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