Responsibility for the Dissemination of Deliberately False Information

 The article deals with the problems that arise during the qualification of public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the performance by state bodies of the Russian Federation of their powers. Theoretical and practical approaches to determining the publicity, falsity of information are given, the qualifying features of the crime are considered. The paper cites the positions of criminologists on these issues, sets out the author’s position, gives examples of judicial practice.