RussiaFederal Law No. 436-FZ, Information-Product Classification and Minor-Access Regime
Federal Law No. 436-FZ, Arts. 6, 11, 12, 14
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In force.
An age-appropriate design code rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 6 requires the producer or distributor of an information product to self-classify it, before it enters circulation in Russia, into one of five age categories: for children under 6, for children 6 and older, for children 12 and older, for children 16 and older, or prohibited for children. Article 12 sets the corresponding age marks (0+, 6+, 12+, 16+, 18+) and their minimum display size.
Article 11 requires the age mark on most information products before circulation, but exempts information distributed over telecommunications networks including the Internet other than registered network media and audiovisual services, and requires an event organizer to check an identity document establishing age where there is doubt that an attendee at an adults-only event has reached majority.
Article 14 lets an unregistered website voluntarily carry a machine-readable age mark under its own self-classification, but requires an audiovisual service to classify itself and to ensure minors cannot access content in the prohibited-for-children category.
What it reaches
Age threshold
18
Covered services
any information product distributed in Russia (print, broadcast, live events, websites, and audiovisual/video-on-demand services), with internet content generally exempt from the physical age-mark duty except registered network media and audiovisual services
Obligation class
Design code, Content labelling, Age verification
Verification methods
Self declaration, Gov ID
When LexLint raises it
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