Register of the advertisements placement services
The site was created as part of the implementation of the provisions of Article 10.7 of the Federal Law № 149-FZ dated July 27, 2006 "On Information, Information Technologies, and Information Protection"

Sections of the site

Federal Law № 149-FZ dated July 27, 2006

"On Information, Information Technologies, and Information Protection" PDF (rus)

Federal Law № 584-FZ dated December 29, 2022

"On amending the Federal Law "On Information, Information Technologies, and Information Protection" PDF (rus)

Decree № 755 of the Government of the Russian Federation dated May 16, 2023

"On the list of documents evidencing that the owner of the advertisements placement service referred to in Part 1 of Article 10.7 complies with the requirements of Parts 7 and 8 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law “On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection”, as well as with the form and procedure for sending to the federal executive body, performing the functions of control and supervision in the field of mass media, mass communications, information technology and telecommunications, such documents" PDF (rus)

Decree № 757 of the Government of the Russian Federation dated May 16, 2023

"On the Rules of interaction of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media with the telecom operator, the owner of the advertisements placement service, as well as the Rules for restricting and resuming the access to the advertisements placement service and informing about such restriction" PDF (rus)

Decree № 672 of the Government of the Russian Federation dated April 28, 2023

"On integration and interaction of the advertisements placement service referred to in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law “On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection” with a federal state information system “Unified Identification and Authentication System” providing information technology interaction of information systems using to provide state and municipal services in electronic form, and federal state information system "Unified portal of state and municipal services (functions)" PDF (rus)

Order of Roskomnadzor № 27 dated February 28, 2023

"On approval of the methodology for determining the number of users of information resources per day" PDF (rus)

The Article 10.7 of the Federal Law № 149-FZ dated July 27, 2006 "On Information, Information Technologies, and Information Protection" (hereinafter - the Federal law № 149-FZ) provides for the regulation of the activities of owners of advertisements placement services.

  • The concept of the advertisements placement service

    In accordance with Part 1 of Article 10.7 of the Federal law № 149-FZ:

    The advertisements placement service is a website and (or) a page of a website on the Internet, and (or) an information system and (or) a computers program:

    • which are intended and (or) used to organize the interaction of their users with each other for the purpose of buying and selling (sale) of goods, bartering and (or) transferring of movable and (or) immovable property for usage, performing works, providing services, searching for suitable job and (or) searching for necessary employees:
      • by providing users with the opportunity to place such advertisements on their own,
      • by providing users with the opportunity to independently apply for such advertisements,

    while at the same time:

    • posted advertisements are grouped thematically depending on their content;
    • advertisements are posted in the state language of the Russian Federation, the state languages of the republics within the Russian Federation or other languages of the peoples of the Russian Federation;
    • the access to the information resource during the day is more than one hundred thousand Internet users located on the territory of the Russian Federation.

    In accordance with Part 14 of Article 10.7 of the Federal law № 149-FZ the provisions of this article do not apply to:

    • operators of state information systems;
    • state authorities and local self-government authorities;
    • operators of e-trading platforms functioning in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation on the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services providing for the state and municipal needs, the legislation of the Russian Federation on insolvency (bankruptcy) or the legislation of the Russian Federation on privatization.

  • The procedure for including information resources in the register of advertisements placement services

    In accordance with Part 2 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ, Roskomnadzor organizes monitoring of information resources in order to ensure the formation of a register for the advertisements placement service.

    In accordance with Part 3 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ, in case of detection of information resource that meets the definition of the advertisements placement service on the Internet, Roskomnadzor:

    • recognizes the information resource as an advertisements placement service and includes it in the register of advertisements placement services;
    • determines the hosting provider or other person providing the placement of the advertisements placement service on the Internet;
    • sends to the hosting provider or other person providing the placement of the advertisements placement service on the Internet a notice in electronic form in Russian and English about the necessity to provide within three working days from the date of receipt of the notification data that allows to identify the owner of the advertisements placement service;
    • fixes the date and time of sending the specified notification in the relevant information system.

    In accordance with Part 2 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ, after receiving data that allows to identify the owner of the advertisements placement service, Roskomnadzor:

    • sends to the owner of the advertisements placement service a notification about the inclusion of his/her/its information resource in the register of advertisements placement services indicating the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation applicable to such information resources.

    In addition, in accordance with Point 3 of Part 2 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ, Roskomnadzor:

    • has the right to request from the owner of the advertisements placement service and other persons the information necessary to maintain the register of advertisements placement services.

    The specified persons are obliged to provide the requested information no later than within ten days from the date of receipt of the request from Roskomnadzor.

  • Responsibilities of the owner of the advertisements placement service

    In accordance with Part 1 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ, the owner of the advertisements placement service is obliged to comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation, in particular:

    • to disallow the use of the advertisements placement service for the purpose of committing criminal acts, disclosing information constituting a state or other secret specifically protected by law, disseminating materials containing public calls for terrorist activities or publicly justifying terrorism, other extremist materials, as well as materials promoting pornography, violence and cruelty, and materials containing obscene language;
    • to disallow the dissemination of information with the aim of discrediting a citizen or certain categories of citizens on the grounds of sex, age, race or nationality, language, attitude to religion, profession, place of residence and work, as well as in connection with their political convictions;
    • to comply with the prohibitions and restrictions provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation on referendums and the legislation of the Russian Federation on elections;
    • to observe the rights and legitimate interests of citizens and organizations, including the honor, dignity and business reputation of citizens, business reputation of organizations;
    • to place on the advertisements placement service an e-mail address for sending legally significant messages to the owner of the advertisements placement service, as well as his/her surname and initials (for an individual) or its name (for a legal entity);
    • to install one of the computers programs designed to determine the number of users of an information resource on the Internet and proposed by Roskomnadzor;
    • to ensure the integration and interaction of the advertisements placement service with a unified identification and authentication system and the federal state information system "Unified Portal of State and Municipal Services (Functions)" in the cases and in the manner established by the Government of the Russian Federation.

    In addition, the owner of the advertisements placement service is obliged to comply with the restriction of foreign ownership and provide supporting documents in accordance with Parts 6-8 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ.

    Restriction of foreign ownership

    In accordance with Parts 7 and 8 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ, the owner of the advertisements placement service may be a citizen of the Russian Federation who does not have the citizenship of another state, or a Russian legal entity, while:

    • a Russian legal entity, unless otherwise provided by an international treaty of the Russian Federation is a legal entity under the control of the Russian Federation, and (or) a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, and (or) a municipality, and (or) a citizen of the Russian Federation who does not have the citizenship of another state, and (or) controlled by them jointly or individually;
    • control means the ability to determine the decisions taken by a Russian legal entity by virtue of the right to directly or indirectly dispose of more than fifty percent of the total number of votes attributable to voting shares (stakes) that make up the authorized capital of this legal entity.

    In accordance with Part 6 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ, the owner of the advertisements placement service is obliged to provide documents confirming compliance with the aforementioned requirements to Roskomnadzor within two months from the date of receipt of the notice about the inclusion of the information resource in the register.

  • Recommended traffic counters for advertisements placement services

    Point 6 of Part 1 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ imposes on the owners of advertisements placement services the obligation to install one of the computers programs designed to determine the number of users of an information resource on the Internet and offered by Roskomnadzor.

    The list of programs recommended for installation on computers designed to determine the number of users of an information resource on the Internet is presented below.

  • Control instruments and grounds for restricting access to advertisements placement services

    Parts 11-13 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ provide for mechanisms to control the fulfillment by the owner of the advertisements placement service of the obligations provided for by law, and also regulate the grounds for restricting access to the advertisements placement service.

    Failure to comply with requirements related to the restriction of foreign ownership

    If the owner of the advertisements placement service fails to comply with the requirements provided for in Parts 6-8 of Article 10.7 of Federal Law № 149-FZ, Roskomnadzor:

    • has the right to apply to the court with a claim to restrict access to the advertisements placement service.
    Placement of information disseminated in violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation

    In the event that information distributed in violation of the legislation of the Russian Federation is found on the advertisements placement service, Roskomnadzor:

    • sends a request for the need to take measures to eliminate the identified violations of the legislation of the Russian Federation to the owner of the advertisements placement service.

    In the event of a repeated failure within a year by the owner of the advertisements placement service to take measures to eliminate the identified violations of the legislation of the Russian Federation, Roskomnadzor:

    • has the right to apply to the court with a claim to restrict access to the advertisements placement service.

    On the basis of a court decision that has entered into force, the access to the advertisements placement service is restricted by the telecom operator providing services to provide access to the Internet.

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