The accessibility of e-learning for the disabled in the Russian Federation: legal framework

The paper presents an overview of the Russian Federation regulations in the field of educational access for people with disabilities. The aim of the review was to identify potential gaps in the legislation, to determine optimal strategies and mechanisms for providing the accessibility of e-learning for all students using distance learning technologies. It was found that Russian Federation regulations support the implementation of e-learning in the educational process of students with disabilities, in particularby means of online courses. However, the mechanisms for providing the accessibility of educational web resources for all students in peremptory law are absent. The need for introducing the provisions regulating the accessibility of e-learningto federal regulatory acts and forcing educational services providers to comply with accessibility requirements has been identified. National standards in the field of e-learning should be revised by including requirements for the development of accessible e-learning web resources, relying on the international web accessibility standard WCAG 2.1 and the national standards GOST R 54937-2018 and GOST R 52872-2019.