Interior Ministry: all prohibitions and restrictions on the sensing of the Earth taken from space – The Jewish Times

Posted 22.12.2014 13:38

The Ministry of Defence and Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, led by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, recently signed into law the removal of restrictions and prohibitions on the data sensing of the Earth from space. The resolution stated that henceforth remote data zondirvoaniya who obtained Russian and foreign apparatorv are now in the public domain, sobschaet business newspaper look.

«establish that the remote sensing of the Earth from space, obtained from foreign satellites and Russian space commercial vehicles classified as a state secret and can not be used publicly in accordance with the law the Russian Federation “, – said in the business statement published in the official legal portal.

Remember that a few months ago there was information that the Ministry of Defence still according to published data and detailed pictures of the Russian Federation with an approximate up to 2 meters. At the same time, Sergei Nedoroslev occupying at the time as head of the working group, said the following:

«This summer, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin ordered the use of high-resolution images on the discussion of the government commission on the use of information technology to improve the quality of life and business environment. The mayor was interested in why urban services are not able to use in high-precision images of the Earth, despite the fact that Google publishes them in the public domain? When the Dmitry Medvedev as chairman pravkomissii IT instructed to create a working group under the leadership of Sergei Sobyanin and Minister Michael Abyzova, which includes representatives of the Federal Security Service, the Ministry of Defense and other agencies concerned. This group clearly worked and reported the Prime Minister that a solution is found »

This approach was continued in the government decree” On the open publication of remote sensing from space obtained from foreign satellites or Russian spacecraft civilian use “

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