{"slug":"russia-federal-law-123-fz-moscow-ai-experimental-regime","title":"Federal Law No. 123-FZ of 24 April 2020 on an experiment to establish special regulation to create the conditions for the development and implementation of AI technologies in Moscow","short_title":"Federal Law 123-FZ (Moscow AI experimental regime)","jurisdiction":"russia","instrument_type":"act","status":"in_force","is_binding":true,"issuing_body":"Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation","summary_plain":"Establishes a five-year experimental legal regime in Moscow (from 1 July 2020) allowing participants to develop and deploy AI technologies under special rules, including processing of anonymised personal data for AI purposes, coordinated by the Moscow government with a register of participants. It was accompanied by amendments to the personal-data law.","adopted_on":"2020-04-24","in_force_on":"2020-07-01","applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/45475","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","updated_at":"2026-09-11T14:53:06+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/russia-federal-law-123-fz-moscow-ai-experimental-regime","status_note":null,"scope_summary":"Registered participants of the experiment in the city of Moscow.","who_it_applies_to":null,"key_dates_summary":"2020-04-24: signed; 2020-07-01: regime starts; five-year term (extended per later acts).","penalties_summary":null,"what_organizations_must_do":null,"published_on":null,"date_notes":"Extension beyond 2025 to be confirmed by a reviewer.","taxonomy":{"actor":["provider","deployer","public_authority"],"sector":["cross_sector"],"use_case":["public_services"]},"sections":[],"obligations":[],"applicability_rules":[],"deadlines":[],"versions":[],"enforcement_events":[],"procurement_rules":[],"sources":[{"title":"Federal Law No. 123-FZ of 24 April 2020","publisher":"President of Russia (acts bank)","url":"http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/45475","document_date":"2020-04-24","document_type":"legislation","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"}],"related_policies":[],"related_frameworks":[],"faq":[],"source":{"official_source_url":"http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/45475","source_title":"Federal Law No. 123-FZ of 24 April 2020","source_publisher":"President of Russia (acts bank)","source_document_date":"2020-04-24","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-11","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"medium","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Added in the September 2026 global coverage expansion from the official source listed; reviewer to confirm dates, status and scope against the source text.","reviewed_by":null}}