Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 490 'On the development of artificial intelligence in the Russian Federation' (approving the National Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence for the period until 2030), as amended by Decree No. 124 of 15 February 2024

Summary

Presidential decree approving Russia's National Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence to 2030, which federal executive bodies must follow. Its binding principles include protection of human rights and freedoms, safety (no use of AI to deliberately harm people, minimising the risk of negative consequences) and transparency. The 2024 revision defines large generative and foundation models and trusted AI technologies and adds rules for regulating AI: a risk-based approach, non-discrimination, respect for human autonomy, liability always resting with a natural or legal person, information-security requirements, and certification of AI solutions used by federal bodies.

Language

English translation by Etcetera Language Group for the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), Georgetown University, not by a public body Open it. The Russian text is authoritative.

Safety topics

Scope

Borderline scope Mainly a development strategy; its safety content is a set of principles and, since 2024, a section on regulation and the safety of AI. Included as Russia's national AI strategy, which federal executive bodies must follow.

Status notes

In force from signature on 10 October 2019. Decree No. 124 of 15 February 2024 revised both the decree and the Strategy: it added definitions of large generative models, large foundation models (at least 1 billion parameters), strong AI and trusted AI technologies, a new section on the regulation of AI and the safety of its use, the mandatory use of trusted AI technologies where harm to the security of the Russian Federation is possible, and a register of trusted AI technologies tested against information-security threats; it also required federal executive bodies to follow the Strategy, recommended that regional and local authorities do the same, and asked state corporations and companies with state participation to add AI development measures to their strategies by 1 November 2024. The Strategy notes that creating universal ('strong') AI could have negative consequences. The English translation listed covers the 2019 text, before the 2024 amendments.

Sources

Open the official source http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/44731

Local copy

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History

1. 2026-10-17english_version: – → {"kind": "third-party translation", "url": "https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-conte — CSET's translation of the 2019 decree and Strategy, stored in this run; a third-party translation that predates the 2024 amendments2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2. 2026-10-17scope_note: – → Mainly a development strategy; its safety content is a set of principles and, si — added: a development strategy whose safety content is one part of it is in with a scope_note under the general rule for strategies2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
3. 2026-10-17notes: In force from signature on 10 Oct 2019. Decree No. 124 of 15 Feb 2024 substantia → In force from signature on 10 October 2019. Decree No. 124 of 15 February 2024 r — rewritten from the stored text: the changes of Decree No. 124 listed, including the new section on regulation and safety; the remark on the 2021 industry Code of Ethics (another instrument, no stored file, with research-process language) removed; a sentence on what the English translation covers2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
4. 2026-10-17safety_topics: ["general-purpose / frontier AI", "research priorities", "accountability & liabi → ["general-purpose / frontier AI", "accountability & liability", "risk-based clas — 'risk-based classification' (risk-oriented approach, 51.10 д) and 'public-sector use' (trusted AI in public authorities, 51.8) added; the four published topics are supported by the full text (foundation models and strong AI; liability of persons and of developers; harm to the security of the Russian Federation; research)2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
5. 2026-10-17summary: Approves Russia's National AI Development Strategy to 2030. The 2024 revision ad → Presidential decree approving Russia's National Strategy for the Development of — rewritten from the whole stored text: the binding principles of paragraph 19 (human rights, safety, transparency) and the 2024 section on regulation and safety (risk-based approach, non-discrimination, autonomy, liability of persons, information-security requirements, certification for federal bodies) added; defined terms rendered literally2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
6. 2026-10-17official_identifier: Presidential Decree No. 490 of 10.10.2019 (amended by Decree No. 124 of 15.02.20 → Presidential Decree No. 490 of 10.10.2019 — reduced to the decree's number and date; the amending decree is a version, already in title, notes and date_last_updated2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Citation

President of the Russian Federation. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 490 'On the development of artificial intelligence in the Russian Federation' (approving the National Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence for the period until 2030), as amended by Decree No. 124 of 15 February 2024 [Presidential Decree No. 490 of 10.10.2019]. 2019-10-10. http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/44731. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-17 (level A). Local copy archive/RU-01/2026-10-11/official.html retrieved 2026-10-11 14:02:14 UTC, SHA-256 8e7503a2b6a2f2042b4c11e2cde70e82b1241559771d7a9c8fe24f096b3c89b6. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record RU-01.

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