including in the form of an electronic document, to the government body or body of
local self-government or to an official of such a body, for granting information on the
activity of this body; 5. the official website of a government body or body of local
self-government (hereinafter referred to as the official website) – the website in the
information-telecommunication network, the “Internet” (hereinafter referred to as
the “Internet”), containing information on the activities of the government body or
body of local self-government, the electronic address of which includes the domain
name, the rights to which belong to the government body or body of local selfgovernment.
Article 2. Scope of the Present Federal Law
1. The scope of the present Federal Law extends to relations arising in connection
with providing access for information users to information on the activities of
government bodies and bodies of local self-government. 2. If federal constitutional
laws, federal laws, and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation adopted
according to the above-specified laws stipulate distinctions in the granting of
specific types of information on the activities of government bodies and bodies of
local self-government, the provisions of the present Federal Law shall be applied,
taking into account the distinctions stipulated by such federal constitutional laws,
federal laws and other normative legal acts of the Russian Federation. 3. If laws
and other normative legal acts of subjects of the Russian Federation, adopted under
the jurisdiction of subjects of the Russian Federation, stipulate distinctions in the
granting of specific types of information on the activities of government bodies of
subjects of the Russian Federation and bodies of local self-government, the
provisions of the present Federal Law shall apply, taking into account the
distinctions stipulated in such laws and other normative legal acts of subjects of the
Russian Federation. 4. The scope of the present Federal Law extends to relations
arising in connection with the granting, by government bodies and bodies of local
self-government, of information on their activities, upon the request of an editorial
board of a mass media entity, in areas which remain unregulated by the legislation
of the Russian Federation on mass media. 5. The scope of the present Federal Law
does not extend to:
1. relations arising in connection with providing access to personal data,
the processing of which is carried out by government bodies and bodies of
local self-government; 2. procedures for consideration by government
bodies and bodies of local self-government of applications of citizens; 3.
procedures for granting by government bodies and bodies of local selfgovernment to other government bodies and bodies of local selfgovernment of information on their activity arising in connection with the
carrying out, by the above-specified bodies, of their competence.