Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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In 2025, inspectors conducted over 9,000 inspections and preventive visits using unmanned aerial vehicles. By 2026, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Government Staff Dmytro Grigorenko has tasked regulatory agencies that may use UAVs to ensure that at least 10% of their oversight activities utilize them.
"Modern technologies make inspections more efficient and seamless for businesses and organizations. This is what we strive for, and digitalization opens up new opportunities for us to achieve this. On the one hand, inspectors don't have to travel to the site, which is especially important for large and hard-to-reach areas. Artificial intelligence helps process the data obtained to produce more accurate conclusions. On the other hand, remote inspections don't interrupt the inspected party from their work," commented Dmitry Grigorenko.
Drones reduce the time spent on inspection and oversight activities. Several land parcels can be inspected in a single flight. For example, a 242-hectare plot can be inspected in 15 minutes, while a typical inspection with dashcam recording takes one to two hours. Furthermore, unmanned aerial systems offer significant range and flight time, are easy to operate, and provide high-quality output data and precise geolocation.
Rosreestr and Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography) are among the leading UAV users in monitoring and oversight. Rosreestr has carried out nearly 8,000 land control activities using drones. Rosselkhoznadzor has used drones to conduct 1,500 veterinary, land, phytosanitary, and pesticide control activities. During an inspection, agency officials can inspect the facility without being present. For example, on livestock farms, they can identify areas where livestock by-products are stored, where animals are grazing, and so on, while land control can inspect large or hard-to-reach plots of land. In manual mode, photo and video recording of areas of interest with signs of violations is performed.
Rosprirodnadzor, Rostransnadzor, and the Ministry of Culture have also begun using UAVs to conduct monitoring, supervision, and preventive measures.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Grigorenko's instructions, such inspections should increase even more in 2026, reaching at least 10% of all events involving the use of UAVs. Specifically, 19 types of inspections already require the use of unmanned systems. To train inspectors, the Ministry of Economic Development, together with the Ministry of Education and Science, organized a program at the NTI University, an autonomous non-profit organization. Preliminary applications from regulatory agencies for training in 2026 have already been received. Meanwhile, the Center for Strategic Research conducted a study on the potential use of UAVs in regulatory activities and proposed its own algorithm for selecting UAVs for specific types of inspections.
The ability to conduct remote monitoring (supervision) activities using UAVs, as well as the collection and analysis of data obtained by aircraft, is enshrined in the Federal Law "On Monitoring" (248-FZ). Automatically operating devices with photo and video recording capabilities, including unmanned aerial vehicles (unmanned systems), are now included in the state list of measuring instruments.
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