Translated by Daniel A. Chirkov. This is close to being a literal translation.
Please refer to the original Russian text for legal purposes.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

DECREE

from 3rd of April, 1995, No. 334

ABOUT THE MEASURES ON MAINTAINING LAWFULNESS IN THE AREA OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF, MANUFACTURING OF, AND REALIZATION AND EXECUTION OF, ENCRYPTION SYSTEMS, AND ALSO ABOUT THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES IN THE AREA OF CRYPTOGRAPHY.

In the purposes of providing absolute execution of the Law of the Russian Federation "About the federal departments of governmental communication and information", and also increasing the fight against illegal organizations and the stronger enforcement of protection of telecommunication systems of the government, Russian credit and finance industries, companies and organizations, I declare:
  1. Give the Program for the creation and development of information-telecommunication structures of the government the status of a presidential program. The center of presidential programs of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation in conjunction with the Federal Agency of Government Communication and Information at the Presidency of the Russian Federation will be given the power to complete [the program] and to facilitate it's realization.

  2. The banning of the use of by government organizations and companies of encryption methods in information-telecommunication systems, including cryptographic methods for the verification of authenticity (electronic signatures), secure methods of storage, use of, and transfer of information, that are unauthorized and do not have a certificate of the Federal Agency of Government Communication at the Presidency of the Russian Federation, and also the placement of governmental orders with organizations using the above noted technological and cryptographic means, that do not have a certificate from the Federal Agency of Government Communication at the Presidency of the Russian Federation.

  3. To propose to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and Federal Agency of Government Communication at the Presidency of the Russian Federation to take appropriate measures regarding the commercial banks of the Russian Federation which are not complying with the use of certificates of the Federal Agency of Government Communication at the Presidency of the Russian Federation pertaining to the the protection of secure meathods of storage, use of, and transfer of information and their informational cooperation [with] the divisions of the Central Bank of the Russian federation.

  4. In the interests of informational security of the Russian Federation and the increased of the fight against organized crime [I declare] the prohibition of the activities of legal [corporations] and physical entities [persons], involved in the development, production, and realization and use of cryptographic methods, and also of secure methods of storage, use of, and transfer of information, the provision of services in the area of cryptography, with out license given by the Federal Agency of Government Communication at the Presidency of the Russian Federation in accordance with the Law of the Russian Federation "About the federal departments of governmental communication and information".

  5. [I declare that] The Government Customs Committee of the Russian Federation will take the necessary measures for the prevention of the transfer into the Russian Federation [importation] of encryption methods of foreign production without the license of the Ministry of Foreign Economic Cooperation of the Russian Federation, that will be provided in cooperation with the Federal Agency of Government Communication at the Presidency of the Russian Federation.

  6. The Federal Services of Counterintelligence and the Interior Ministry of the Russian Federation in cooperation with the Federal Agency of Government Communication at the Presidency of the Russian Federation, the Government Taxation Services of the Russian Federation and the Department of Taxation Police of the Russian Federation will be entitled to uncover the legal [corporations] and physical entities [persons] who do not follow the demands of this Decree.

  7. The General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation will bring to its attention and ensure the execution of the Law of the Russian Federation "About the federal departments of governmental communication and information" in the area of the development, production, and realization and use of cryptographic methods, and also of secure methods of storage, use of, and transfer of information, the provision of services in the area of cryptography in the Russian Federation, with out license given by the Federal Agency of Government Communication at the Presidency of the Russian Federation.

  8. The establishment of the Federal Center of the Protection of Economic Information at the Presidency of the Russian Federation (within the limits of the standard number of employees of this Agency), giving it the responsibility for the development of and the realization of a set of programs involving the security of economic information of Russian credit and finance and other economically vital structures of the country.

    The General Director of the Federal Agency of Government Communication at the Presidency of the Russian Federation will in a two month timetable agree upon a statement pertaining to the status of the [above] noted center.

  9. This Decree goes into effect from the day of its publication.
President of the Russian Federation
B.YELTSIN