Problems of Determining the Legality of Using the Image of a Citizen without His/Her Consent in the Public Interest (on the Example of Police Officers)

The article examines controversial issues of the admissibility of using a citizen’s image without his consent in the public interest. The content of the category “public interest” has been critically analyzed, the uncertainty of which gives rise to contradictory judicial practice, in particular, when deciding the existence of such interest in cases of dissemination of images of police officers obtained in the performance of their official duties. The need for additional clarifications by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the rules for applying sub-clause 1.1. clause 1 Art. 152.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is revealed.