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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree on the introduction of the decisions of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) "On Information Security Doctrine of Ukraine" and adopted it.

The document comes into force on the day of its publication, the press service of the Ukrainian president said on Saturday.

"The need for information security doctrine of Ukraine is tied to the uprise of actual threats to national security in the information sphere, as well as the need to identify innovative approaches to the development and protection of information space in the context of globalization and the free circulation of information," the report says.

The purpose of the doctrine is to specify the principles of formation and implementation of the state information policy, especially to counter Russia's information devastating effects in the conditions of the hybrid war unleashed by Russia.

The document defines Ukraine's national interests in the information sphere, the threat of their implementation, directions and priorities of the state policy in information sphere. Its legal basis is the Constitution of Ukraine and laws of Ukraine, Ukraine's national security strategy approved by presidential decree No. 287 dated May 26, 2015, as well as international treaties accepted as binding by the Verkhovna Rada.

To implement the Doctrine the National Security Council will coordinate the activities of executive bodies to ensure national security in the information sphere, taking into account the specific conditions and conduct of aggressive information war against Ukraine not only on its territory, but also in the world.

In this regard, the Security Council will also identify key measures in accordance with the provisions of the Doctrine.

The Cabinet of Ministers shall ensure the implementation of the information policy of the state, funding programs related to information security, guide and coordinate the work of ministries and other executive bodies in this field.

The Ministry of Information Policy is entrusted to organize and provide media monitoring of public resources of national segment of the Internet for the purpose of identifying information, the dissemination of which is prohibited in Ukraine. The Information Ministry is also required to monitor threats to national interests and national security in the information sphere.

In addition, the ministry should form the current priorities of the state information policy and monitor their implementation, coordinate the activities of central and local executive authorities in the field of information sovereignty of Ukraine, government communications, crisis communications, particularly during the antiterrorist operation in the special period.

The Information Policy is also tasked with developing and implementing the strategy of information provision of the process of release and reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories.

The ministry should contribute to the Foreign Ministry in a report and presentation of the official position of Ukraine in the foreign media.

The doctrine also assigns a number of tasks on the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry, Security Service, the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection, intelligence agencies and the National Institute for Strategic Studies.

Participation in the protection of Ukrainian information space by raising audiovisual and printed materials of the aggressor; elaboration of priorities and incentives for the development of Ukrainian cinema, television content, printing, in particular on the coverage of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian aggression will be carried out by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, Ukrainian State Film Agency, the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting, State Committee of TV and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine in accordance with their competence.

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