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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">bricslawjournal</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">BRICS Law Journal</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Юридический журнал БРИКС</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2409-9058</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2412-2343</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Publishing House V.Ема</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21684/2412-2343-2024-11-2-11-54</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">bricslawjournal-1041</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLE</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Prospects for Legal Regulation of Quantum Communication</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Minbaleev</surname><given-names>A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Alexey Minbaleev – Head, Department of Information Law and Digital Technologies, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL); Expert, Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy of Sciences.</p><p>9 Sadovaia-Kudrinskaia St., Moscow, 125993</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">avminbaleev@msal.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Zenin</surname><given-names>S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Sergey Zenin – Associate Professor, Vice-Rector, Director, Institute of State and Law, University of Tyumen.</p><p>16 Lenina St., Tyumen, 625003</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">s.s.zenin@utmn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Evsikov</surname><given-names>K.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Kirill Evsikov – Associate Professor, Department of Information Law and Digital Technologies, Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL); Head, Department of State and Administrative Law, Tula State University.</p><p>155 Friedrich Engels St., Tula, 30001</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">ksevsikov@msal.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL); Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-2"><institution>University of Tyumen</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-3"><institution>Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL); Tula State University</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>29</day><month>07</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>11</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>11</fpage><lpage>54</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Minbaleev A., Zenin S., Evsikov K., 2024</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Minbaleev A., Zenin S., Evsikov K.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Minbaleev A., Zenin S., Evsikov K.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.bricslawjournal.com/jour/article/view/1041">https://www.bricslawjournal.com/jour/article/view/1041</self-uri><abstract><p>The leading countries across the world have entered the race to develop quantum technologies that will enable them to ensure their continued economic prosperity. Among these technologies, a special place is occupied by quantum communication, which is designed to ensure information security in an era where a quantum computer is capable of compromising a number of cryptography algorithms. In this article, this new digital technology includes quantum key distribution and encryption methods that are cryptographically resistant to a quantum computer. The study does not consider the regulation of the quantum communication sub-technology, the so-called “quantum internet,” due to the technical limitations of the existing equipment. The authors note that their predictions about the cryptographic strength of encryption algorithms are based solely on modern knowledge about the capabilities of quantum computing and do not take into account its hidden potential, for example, in terms of cryptanalysis information systems based on a machine learning model generated by a quantum computer. Currently, the only data protection system that is not subject to quantum threats is the technology of quantum key distribution. In today’s information and digital age, information security systems are an important element of critical infrastructure. Given the importance of these technologies, different states use different methods to regulate this field. This article puts forward and substantiates the hypothesis that the implementation of a combination of regulatory legal acts could have a greater positive impact on the development of quantum communication and ensure an acceptable level of information security in the post-quantum era. The analysis showed that a significant number of states and interstate associations are conducting research in this area, relying only on investment growth. This strategy has prevented any country from achieving the competencies of the People’s Republic of China. The authors also analyzed the methods of legal support used by China, Russia, and other countries in the field of quantum communication, which made it possible to identify a model of legal regulation of quantum communication that stimulates this technology’s development.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>quantum computer</kwd><kwd>quantum threat</kwd><kwd>quantum communication</kwd><kwd>quantum cryptography</kwd><kwd>quantum key distribution</kwd><kwd>quantum random number generator</kwd><kwd>information security</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation (project No. 24-18- 00950 “Problems and Prospects of Regulation of Quantum Communications in a Data Economy”).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Arute F. et al. 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