Natash,
this new law comes as a real shock, it does not seem to be good for the country.
What do you think?
Inna
"A.Khramtsovsky" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
New Russian law on archives
On 25 October, 2004 President Putin signed into law a bill 125-FZ on
archiving in Russian Federation.
Hierarchical national system of archives will be no more, Rosarchiv (Russian
equivalent of NARA) loses all its influence and regulatory powers - it isn't
even mentioned in the text of the law. Regional and local archives will be
at the mercy of corresponding authorities, and there will be no federal
government control (and no federal money as well).
The bill ignores the existence and problems associated with electronic
documents.
The law establishes the on-site retention period for the "permanent" records
before their transfer to corresponding archives:
- federal agencies - 15 years,
- regional governments and agencies - 10 years
- local governments and agencies - 5 years
For certain types of records there are different on-site retention periods:
- birth, death and marriage records - 100 years (!),
- personnel records, notary records, real estate privatization
records - 75 years,
- civil construction, project and technology documentation,
patents - 20 years,
- photos and cinema films - 5 years,
- video and audio - the shortest term of 3 years.
Also, default de-classification period of 30 years vanished from the new
law.
Natasha Khramtsovsky
Records Manager,
APR-Bank,
Goncharnaya ul. 15, stroenie 2,
Moscow, 119240, Russia
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