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Keyword: «knowingly unreliable information»

The article examines the criteria for distinguishing administrative and criminal liability for the dissemination of false socially significant information based on the analysis of judicial practice, analyzes the conceptual apparatus specified in Parts 9 and 10 of Articles 13.15 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation and Articles 207.1, 207.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The author comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to study the correlation of such concepts as «false» and «unreliable information».