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Interior ministry, FSB and Rosgvardia fight over right to access data without warrants

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Russian interior minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev in November 2022.
Russian interior minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev in November 2022. © Mikhail Metzel / SPUTNIK / AFP

Russia's top security agencies are competing over a proposed legislative amendment giving investigators the right to access the electronic data of members of the public without an official warrant.

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