TY JOUR TI The problem of defining and interpreting the concept of ‘secret protection’ in operative-investigative activities KW operative-investigative activities KW secret KW official secret KW private theory of covertness KW covertness in operative-investigative activities KW protection of undercover operations KW principle of covert operations KW secrecy JO Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia AU Tambovtsev, A.I. PY 2025 IS 2025 PB SAINT-PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION