Overview

• Vice Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev instructed the Transport Ministry to develop a federal bill regulating the operation of driverless cars.
• The draft is to be submitted to the government in the first quarter of 2026, according to the cabinet press service.
• The document is titled “On highly automated transport vehicles and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation.”
• The ministry must coordinate the work with interested federal executive bodies as part of an interagency process.
• The directive calls for ensuring the bill’s development, adoption, and entry into force in line with an approved roadmap.