Is a citizen of the Russian Federation obliged to comply with the laws of the Russian Federation while abroad?

Question

Anonymity

Imagine the following scenario:

Russian citizen Vasya P., temporarily residing in some more liberal foreign state, decided to raise an .onion / i2p resource (and, of course, publish exclusively self-made photos of his own kittens in the most decent poses) and did it . In addition to administering his own resource, he also uses the TOR / i2p network periodically looking at the general forums in these networks.

And then all of a sudden, Russian legislators in all readings approve and ratify the law banning anonymous networks like TOR and i2p.

But our Vasya, sitting behind his hillock, continues to use them as before.

Can they tie him up for this (we charge only for this, let's say otherwise he is perfectly law-abiding) to tie, say, when he flies to Russia for the weekend to visit his grandmother? Despite the fact that he did not launch the corresponding software on the territory of Russia.

Answer 1

No, in the described situation, a person cannot be held accountable. If the laws of the host country do not consider it a crime or offense, then citizenship does not play a role.
Usually, laws and codes indicate the place and time of the law (for example, articles 9-13 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation or articles 1.7-1.8 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) and a theoretical possibility, but no more than a theoretical one (to prove an act that was committed and legally on the territory of another state, outside the jurisdiction of the investigation, almost impossible).

Answer 2

In general, he is obliged to comply only with the laws of the state in whose territory he is located. But there are special categories of citizens and various exceptions. The boundaries of the scope are necessarily written in the very first articles of any law.
Let's take the Criminal Code:
Article 11. The operation of the criminal law in relation to persons who have committed a crime on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Article 12. The effect of the criminal law on persons who have committed a crime outside the Russian Federation
Article 12 refers to military personnel serving outside the Russian Federation, as well as crimes against the Russian Federation or against citizens of the Russian Federation committed outside the Russian Federation.