Abstract: The article raises the problem of the content of the concept of deliberately unreliable information disseminated under the guise of reliable messages, applied in the norms of administrative law establishing responsibility for the illegal dissemination of various types of socially significant information. By a detailed analysis of the elements that make up the studied concept, its meaning is revealed. The author analyzes the main theoretical approaches to the content of these elements in various branches of legal science. The article outlines the problems of applying the norms of administrative law that establish responsibility for the illegal dissemination of various types of socially significant information. These problems are related to the lack of a legal definition of the concept of deliberately unreliable information distributed under the guise of reliable messages. The author has established the absence in science and judicial practice of a unified approach to the content of the sign of obviously unreliable information disseminated under the guise of reliable messages. The author distinguishes the concept of obviously unreliable information from other related categories. Conclusions are formulated about the need to disclose in the law the content of the concept of unreliable information, which is a fundamental element of administrative offenses that establish responsibility for the illegal dissemination of various types of socially significant information, as well as the need to fix in the law the content of the construction "obviously unreliable information disseminated under the guise of reliable messages". The article presents the author's approach to the formulation of the content of the concept of deliberately unreliable information disseminated under the guise of reliable messages.

Abstract: This article examines the problem of correlation between the guarantees of freedom of expression and press freedom and the ban on dissemination of deliberately misleading information, established by the Part 10.1 of the Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. Based on the use of relevant general scientific and special legal methods, the author reveals the peculiarities of administrative responsibility for the dissemination of deliberately misleading information, as well as determines the problematic aspects of the current legal regulation. Analysis is conducted on the composition and elements of an administrative offense set by the Part 10.1 of the Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. For establishing correlation between the guarantees of freedom of expression and press freedom and the ban on dissemination of deliberately misleading information, relying on the theoretical material and practice of application of the norms of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation, the author covers the aspects of formulation of the categorical apparatus of the indicated norm, proportionality of the specified administrative responsibility and difficulties of proving the guilt of the offender. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that this topic has not previously become the subject of separate research. The author formulates the provisions, according to which the current version of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation with regards to the norm set by the Part 10.1 of the Article 13.15 allows for extensive interpretation of information prohibited for dissemination, and makes it virtually impossible to prove the falsity of disseminated information. The conclusion is made that the application of the norm set by the Part 10.1 of the Article 13.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation may entail the restriction of guarantees of the freedom of expression and press freedom.