Translation. Region: Russian Federation –
Source: Government of the Russian Federation – Government of the Russian Federation –
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Since the beginning of 2025, inspectors have conducted 201,000 inspections across Russia. This is 5,000 fewer inspections than during the same period last year, when the moratorium was still in effect. Moreover, 44,000 of these were inspections of state facilities and social institutions. This was reported by Deputy Prime Minister and Chief of the Government Staff Dmitry Grigorenko at the All-Russian Forum of Inspection Bodies – 2025 in Krasnoyarsk.
"The moratorium on inspections ended in 2025. By that time, we have fully transitioned control and oversight to a risk-based approach. Inspectors conduct scheduled inspections only at extremely high-risk and high-risk facilities. Mandatory preventive visits are conducted for facilities with lower risk categories. As a result, the administrative burden on businesses in Russia has remained at the level of recent years. Inspections, in their classic sense, have decreased by 5.5 times compared to 2019. At the same time, citizen safety remains at an adequate level," commented Dmitry Grigorenko.
Today, inspectors don't necessarily need to visit the inspected facility to obtain information about potential violations. Large volumes of data are accumulated in various government information systems. In 2025, inspectors began using artificial intelligence technologies in their work to quickly and accurately analyze this data. Risk indicators that will be powered by AI have already been selected. These risk indicators represent a set of data about the inspected facility. If this data deviates from the norm, it signals the need for an unscheduled inspection. Artificial intelligence will help inspectors continuously monitor the status of this data.
Following the session, Dmitry Grigorenko tasked the controllers with implementing AI in at least three departmental information systems.
The Deputy Prime Minister also outlined the minimum scope of inspection and oversight activities that each agency must conduct using unmanned aerial vehicles. Currently, the ability to conduct inspections using unmanned aerial vehicles is legally mandated for such types of inspections as land inspection, construction supervision, public works inspection, and hunting inspection. At least 10% of these activities must be conducted in 2026 using unmanned aerial vehicles. In the first nine months of 2025, 400 inspections and nearly 3,000 preventative measures were conducted in Russia using drones.
Dmitry Grigorenko also reported that a legislative provision is being prepared that will allow inspectors to use data obtained using UAVs as a separate basis for conducting unscheduled inspections.
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