Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09MOSCOW1999
2009-08-05 11:43:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Moscow
Cable title:
CONCURRENCE ON DOL'S UPDATE OF THE EO 13126 LIST
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UNCLAS MOSCOW 001999
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB FOR SASSER AND CASTRO,
DRL/ILCSR FOR MITTELHAUSER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB ECON EIND SOCI RS
SUBJECT: CONCURRENCE ON DOL'S UPDATE OF THE EO 13126 LIST
REF: SECSTATE 80911
UNCLAS MOSCOW 001999
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB FOR SASSER AND CASTRO,
DRL/ILCSR FOR MITTELHAUSER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB ECON EIND SOCI RS
SUBJECT: CONCURRENCE ON DOL'S UPDATE OF THE EO 13126 LIST
REF: SECSTATE 80911
1. (U) Post concurs with DOL's inclusion of pornographic
products from the Russian Federation on the revised EO 13126
list, see reftel. Both official and non-government sources
confirmed that the commercial, sexual exploitation of
children in the Russian pornography industry continued to
thrive despite the addition to the Criminal Code in 2003 of
Article 242.1, which prohibits the manufacture and
circulation of materials with pornographic representations of
minors. According to statistics collected by the Ministry of
Internal Affairs (MIA),the manufacture and sale of child
pronography increased by a factor of ten over the past few
years. In 2008, MIA registered 223 incidences of the illegal
dissemination of pornographic materials or items involving
minors. MIA blocked over 150 websites in the first six
months of 2009 for displaying pornographic content involving
minors. In a July interview with the BBC news agency,
Russian human rights activists also noted the growth of
rights violations connected with the dissemination of child
pornography.
2. (U) For further information, refer to: BBC
(www.bbc.co.uk/russian/russia/2009/07/
090710 cyber fight russia.shtml); Duma
(asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(ViewDoc)?OpenAg ent&work/dz.nsf/
ByID&9FA8264ED16983BEC32575E7003F21BA); and MIA (www.mvd.ru).
RUBIN
SIPDIS
DOL/ILAB FOR SASSER AND CASTRO,
DRL/ILCSR FOR MITTELHAUSER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ELAB ECON EIND SOCI RS
SUBJECT: CONCURRENCE ON DOL'S UPDATE OF THE EO 13126 LIST
REF: SECSTATE 80911
1. (U) Post concurs with DOL's inclusion of pornographic
products from the Russian Federation on the revised EO 13126
list, see reftel. Both official and non-government sources
confirmed that the commercial, sexual exploitation of
children in the Russian pornography industry continued to
thrive despite the addition to the Criminal Code in 2003 of
Article 242.1, which prohibits the manufacture and
circulation of materials with pornographic representations of
minors. According to statistics collected by the Ministry of
Internal Affairs (MIA),the manufacture and sale of child
pronography increased by a factor of ten over the past few
years. In 2008, MIA registered 223 incidences of the illegal
dissemination of pornographic materials or items involving
minors. MIA blocked over 150 websites in the first six
months of 2009 for displaying pornographic content involving
minors. In a July interview with the BBC news agency,
Russian human rights activists also noted the growth of
rights violations connected with the dissemination of child
pornography.
2. (U) For further information, refer to: BBC
(www.bbc.co.uk/russian/russia/2009/07/
090710 cyber fight russia.shtml); Duma
(asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(ViewDoc)?OpenAg ent&work/dz.nsf/
ByID&9FA8264ED16983BEC32575E7003F21BA); and MIA (www.mvd.ru).
RUBIN