Legal regulation of robotics in the Russian Federation

Within the framework of the expert initiative, a senior researcher of the Kazan Innovation University, Honored Lawyer of the Republic of Tatarstan, Candidate of Law (Research doctorate) I.R. Begishev, developed a draft federal law “On the turnover of robots and their components (modules)”. The draft law was prepared in pursuance of the objectives of the Concept for the Development of Regulation of Relations in the Field of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Technologies until 2024, approved by Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No 2129-r of August 19, 2020 and is aimed at regulating relations arising in the field of use (application), acquisition, sale, development, production, testing, installation, installation, maintenance, repair, disposal, accounting, storage, transportation, transportation, withdrawal, destruction of robots, their components (modules), import of robots, their components (modules) to the Russian Federation and their export from the Russian Federation. To obtain a comprehensive assessment, the text of the draft law was sent to the Government of the Russian Federation, the Parliament of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, other government departments, as well as to leading universities and scientific organizations of the country, representatives of the business community and the ANO “Digital Economy”. The article is a review of the initiative draft of the federal law “On the turnover of robots, their components (modules)”, which analyzes the structure and content of the draft law prepared by I. R. Begishev.