RUSSIAN FEDERATION FEDERAL LAW On Amendments to Federal Law "On Foreign Intelligence" Adopted by the State Duma on January 24, 2007 Federation 2 February 2007 Enacts Federal Law of 10 January 1996 N 5-FZ On Foreign Intelligence (Legislative Assembly Russian Federation, 1996, 143; 2000, N 46, sect. 4537; 2004, N 35, sect. 3607) The following changes: 1) Article 17 should read: " Article 17. Employees of foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation Employees of foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation are military personnel and government civil servants of the personnel, as well as not members of the Military personnel, civil servants and employees who voluntarily enter or work in the military or civil service, respectively. A member of the external intelligence agency of the Russian Federation may be a citizen of the Russian Federation who does not have the citizenship of a foreign state and is capable of his/her professional and personal qualities, age, and education and the state of health to fulfil the responsibilities entrusted to him. The failure of a person to meet one of the requirements of one of the requirements relating to competencies, age, education, state of health, or other requirements established by federal laws, is a ground for for refusal to receive (transfer) him to the military service or to the State civil service or to work with the foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation, as well as to terminate the military service contract (service contract, OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION The President of the Russian Federation sets out the number of employees of the external intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation. The members of the foreign intelligence services of the Russian Federation are subject to federal laws governing the military service, subject to the Federal Law and other federal laws. peculiarities of the functions performed by the said soldiers. Military personnel of the Russian Federation's foreign intelligence services and their full pay, additional guarantees and legal and social support measures Members of the armed forces and their families, who are specific to the duties of the soldiers, are established by federal law. The guarantees and measures for the legal and social support of members of the external intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation and members of their families are carried out in the manner determined by the President of the Russian Federation, unless otherwise provided by federal laws. A decision on the conclusion of a contract, the duration of a new contract or the refusal of a contract is accepted for members of the foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation who have reached the age limit for military service OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION of the Russian Federation. Civil servants and employees of foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation shall be subject to the law of the Russian Federation, respectively, on the civil service of the Russian Federation; and Labour legislation, taking into account the particularities of federal laws and other normative legal acts. In accordance with the tasks of the foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation, the normative legal acts of the President of the Russian Federation, normative legal acts of the Government of the Russian Federation, as well as normative legal acts The relevant federal executive authorities, in a procedure determined by the President of the Russian Federation, State civil servants and employees of foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation may establish special terms of payment. of labour, additional guarantees and legal and social measures support. The members of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation are subject to compulsory State fingerprinting registration in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. Members of the foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation may not be members of public associations pursuing political goals. State civil servants and employees of foreign intelligence agencies of the Russian Federation are unable to form public associations pursuing political goals. "; (2) in the first part of article 18, the word" employees " Replace the words "public civil servants"; 3) in article 20: (a) in the second word, "employees and workers", to read "public civil servants and employees"; b) in part three "federal laws" to be replaced by "normative legal acts" Russian Federation ". President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation, Kremlin , 14 February 2007 N 20-FZ