Federal Law No. 243-FZ, Article 9, AI-Generated Content Notice
Federal Law No. 243-FZ, Art. 9 (26 July 2026)
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In force in 166 days, effective 1 March 2027.
An AI transparency rule binding private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Once Article 9 of Federal Law No. 243-FZ takes effect on 1 March 2027: if you apply a large foundation AI model to create audio or visual informational material, give the recipient the ability to place a notice that AI technology was used; the exact format is left to agreement with the party providing the model, so it is not a mandatory watermark.
- Once Article 9 takes effect: if you own a Russian-language personal-page platform reaching more than 500,000 Russia-based daily users, give your users the ability to place that same AI-use notice on content they distribute that was created with a large foundation AI model.
If you get it wrong
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What it reaches
Obligation class
Content labelling
What this law does
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Not yet binding: Article 9 of Federal Law No. 243-FZ, signed 26 July 2026, does not take effect until 1 March 2027.
Once in force, it will require that a person applying a large foundation AI model (one with at least 1 billion parameters and general multi-task capability) to create audio or visual informational material be given the ABILITY to place a notice that AI technology was used; the format, content, and placement of that notice are left to agreement between the person applying the model and the person providing access to it, so displaying the notice is not itself mandatory.
Separately, the owner of a Russian-language website, information system, or program letting users distribute information through personal pages, where daily access exceeds 500,000 Russia-based internet users, must give its users the ABILITY to place that same AI-use notice on content they distribute that was created using a large foundation AI model.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Consultant.ru, codified text of Federal Law No. 243-FZ, Art. 9