Federal Service for Technical and Export Control MoD Russia

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, under the Russian

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. It licenses the export of weapons and

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items, and is also responsible for Russian military

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. FSTEC of Russia maintains the Data Security Threats Database, Russia's national

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. and requires Western technology companies to submit source code and other trade secrets before allowing their products to be imported into Russia. FSTEC also liaises with the FSB, which controls

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in Russia. In 2019, FSTEC of Russia granted

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special status regarding its use in processing Russian classified information.

References

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