THE CONCEPT OF STATE SECRETS AND LIABILITY FOR THE DISCLOSURE

The relevance of the work lies in the fact that, as we know all secret and unavailable is always the subject of increased interest of the public. Even the illusion of secrecy raises a lot of discussions and versions of the ordinary citizens, but if we are talking about secrecy at the level of departments, organizations, agencies, departments, or even state, it is the interest of the state rivalry. The important position of head of the Institute of state secrets in legal relations arising from the circulation of such information. The main and necessary is such activity of the state authorities, as the preservation of the security of the Russian Federation, which is directly related to the information, but rather with the state and office secret, the protection of which is carried out by means of criminal law. It is the betrayal of the state secrets that constitutes a dangerous potential threat to the security of the state and may become a motive for the violation of sovereignty, territorial integrity, inviolability and defense. The aim of this work is the analysis of liability for violation of state secrets in the administrative and criminal legislation. The paper considers the offences for wrongful acts in relation to information constituting a state secret. Also discussed are liabilities for violation of state secrets in the administrative legislation.