Overview
- Deputies led by Anton Gorelkin submitted the draft on November 14, with the full text posted in the State Duma’s electronic database.
- The bill sets fines for failing to authorize users through approved Russian methods at 10,000–20,000 rubles for citizens, 30,000–50,000 for officials, and 500,000–700,000 for legal entities.
- Repeat violations would raise penalties to 20,000–40,000 rubles for citizens, 60,000–100,000 for officials, and 1–1.4 million rubles for companies.
- The draft adds liabilities for misuse of recommendation technologies, including collecting preference data that violates rights, deploying algorithms without notifying users, and not publishing usage rules and a contact email, with comparable fine ranges and penalties for ignoring Roskomnadzor orders.
- Backers say the measure targets site and app operators rather than ordinary users, reflecting existing options such as Russian mobile numbers, ESIA, EBS, or other Russian-owned systems, and it remains a proposal awaiting parliamentary consideration.