Investigators Allowed to Inspect Mail

The Russian Ministry of Communication issued regulations obliging mail service providers to give access to mail for "authorised bodies," such as police investigators, for opening and inspecting the mail. The regulations does not require mail service providers to ask investigators to produce a court order, without which the inspection is illegal (save for in certain specific circumstances). The Ministry says that the regulations are only a "technical document" and the presence of a court order is presumed. Human rights activists, however, insist that the regulations must explicitly require that a court order should be produced, otherwise the regulations are unconstitutional.

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