See the list of major normative legal acts regulating issues of access to legal information in Russian Federation.

Major Normative Legal Acts on Access to Legal Information

International Acts

1. European Convention on Information on Foreign Law (ETS 062, June 7, 1968).

Constitution and Laws

1. On Providing Access to Information on Activities of Courts in The Russian Federation – Federal Law 262-FZ, December 22, 2008;
2. On Application to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation – Statement of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, No. 781-II GD, November 11, 1996;
3. On Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Federal Constitutional Laws, Federal Laws, and Acts of the Federal Assembly Chambers – Federal Law 5-FZ, June 14, 1994 (amended October 22, 1999);
4. Constitution of the Russian Federation (Article 15, Part 3);
5. Declaration for Human Rights and Freedoms – Law of the USSR, No. 2393-1, September 5, 1991).

Presidential Normative Legal Acts

1. On Introducing State Registration of Acts Issued by the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, the Federal Fund for Mandatory Medical Insurance, and the Federal Fund for Social Insurance of the Russian Federation – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 318, March 20, 2001 (amended January 18, 2010);
2. On Additional Measures for Enabling Legal Space Unity in the Russian Federation – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 1486, August 10, 2000 (amended January 18, 2010);
3. On Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the President of the Russian Federation, of the Government of the Russian Federation, and of Normative Legal Acts of Russian Federation Subjects -Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 763, May 23, 1996 (amended June 28, 2005);
4. On Procedure for Preparing Draft Decrees or Orders of the President of the Russian Federation Supposing Approval of Statements and/or Orders of the Government of the Russian Federation – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 638, May 2, 1996;
5. On Measures for Enabling Openness and Public Availability of Normative Acts – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 1178, November 24, 1995;
6. On the Concept for Legal Informatization of Russia – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 966, June 28, 1993 (amended March 22, 2005);
7. On Canceling Restricting Labels of Legislative and Other Acts Serving as Basis for Mass Repressions and Human Rights Violations – Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, No. 658, June 23,1992.

Normative Legal Acts of the Government

1. On Approval of Concept for the Federal Target Program “Development of the Judicial System in Russia” for 2007-2011 – Order of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 1082-r, August 4, 2006;
2. On Publication of National Standards and All-Russian Classifiers of Technical/Economic and Social Information – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 594, September 25, 2003 (amended December 29, 2007);
3. On the Federal Informational Fund of Technical Regulations and Standards, and on Unified Informational System for Technical Regulation – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 500, August 15, 2003 (amended August 2, 2009);
4. On Approval of the Statute on Procedure for Maintaining the Federal Register of Normative Legal Acts of the Russian Federation Subjects – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 904, November 29, 2000;
5. On Approval of the Rules for Development and State Registration of Normative Legal Acts of Federal Executive Government Bodies – Statement of the Government of the Russian Federation, No. 1009, August 13, 1997 (amended March 17, 2009).

Normative Legal Acts of Federal Executive Government Bodies

1. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the State Courier Service of the Russian Federation Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the State Courier Service, No. 259, August 17, 2009;
2. On Publication of Acts of the Ministry for Agriculture of Russian Federation Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Ministry for Agriculture, No. 246, June 30, 2009;
3. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Migration Service Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Migration Service, No. 146, June 15, 2009;
4. On Publication of Acts of the Ministry for Industry and Trade of Russian Federation Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Ministry for Industry and Trade, No. 329, April 28, 2009;
5. On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Taxation Service on Performing State Function on Charge-Free Informing (in Written Form Also) Tax Payers, Duty Payers, and Tax Agents on Actual… – Order of the Ministry for Finances, No. 9n, January 18, 2008;
6. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, No. 237, November 14, 2007;
7. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Bio-Medical Agency Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Bio-Medical Agency, No. 256, September 12, 2007;
8. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Agency for Fishery Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Agency for Fishery, No. 8, January 12, 2007 (lost effect);
9. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, No. 205, October 6, 2006;
10. On Approval of the Statute on the Procedure for Access to Materials Stored in State Archives and in Archives of State Bodies of the Russian Federation, and Related to Terminated Criminal and Administrative Cases against Persons Incurred Political Repressions or to Filtration/Verification Cases – Order of the Ministry for Culture, No. 375/584/352, July 25, 2006;
11. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Agency for Geodesy and Cartography Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Agency for Geodesy and Cartography, No. 48-pr, July 04, 2006;
12. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Communications Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Communications, No. 52, June 28, 2006;
13. On Approval of the Administrative Regulations for the Federal Customs Service on Providing the Governmental Service of Informing on Legal Acts in the Customs Field and of Consulting on Issues of the Customs Field and on Other Issues Included… -Order of the Federal Customs Service, No. 469, May 24, 2006 (amended March 10, 2009);
14. On Approval of the Instruction for Federal Security Service Bodies on Organizing Acquisition, Registration, and Checking of Messages on Crimes and of Other Information on Crimes or Threats for Personal and/or Public Security – Order of the Federal Security Service, No. 205, May 16, 2006;
15. On Approval of the Instruction on Unified Procedure for Organizing Acquisition, Registration, and Checking of Messages on Crimes by the Federal Bailiff Service – Order of the Ministry for Justice, No. 139, May 2, 2006;
16. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the State Courier Service of the Russian Federation Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the State Courier Service, No. 104, April 20, 2006 (lost effect);
17. On Execution of the Order of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation, the Ministry for Internal Affairs, the Extraordinary Situations Ministry, the Ministry for Justice, the Federal Security Service, the Ministry for Economic Development, and the Federal Service for Control of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Circulation “On Unified Recording of Crimes”, No. 39/1070/1021/253/780/353/399 from December 29, 2005” – Order of the Federal Service for Control of Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Circulation, No. 75, March 9, 2006;
18. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Bailiff Service Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Bailiff Service, No. 2, January 12, 2006 (amended March 3, 2009);
19. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Ministry for Defense of the Russian Federation – Order of the Ministry for Defense, No. 10, January 12, 2006 (amended May 20, 2009);
20. On Unified Recording of Crimes – Order of the General Prosecutor’s Office, No. 39/1070/1021/253/780/353/399, December 29, 2005;
21. On Approval of the Procedure for Providing Information Contained in the Federal Register of the Normative Legal Acts of the Russian Federation Subjects – Order of the Ministry for Justice, No. 244, December 20, 2005 (amended September 16, 2008);
22. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumers Protection and Welfare and of Statements of the Chief State Medical Officer Considered by the Ministry… – Order of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumers Protection and Welfare, No. 797, December 16, 2005;
23. On Approval of the Instruction for the Bodies of Internal Affairs on the Procedure for Acquisition, Registration, and Resolution of Applications, Messages, and Other Information on Incidents – Order of the Ministry for Internal Affairs, No. 985, December 1, 2005;
24. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Service for Supervision of Education and Science, No. 2055, October 24, 2005;
25. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power, No. 483, October 4, 2005 (lost effect – February 24, 2009);
26. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Service for Supervision of Nature Resources Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Service for Supervision of Nature Resources, No. 239 , September 19, 2005;
27. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Penitentiary Service Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Penitentiary Service, No. 719, August 18, 2005;
28. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Ministry for Natural Resources of the Russian Federation Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Ministry for Natural Resources, No. 189, July 12, 2005 (lost effect);
29. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Sports and Physical Culture Agency Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Sports and Physical Culture Agency, No. 394, July 4, 2005;
30. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Supervision Service for Public Health and Social Affairs Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Supervision Service for Public Health and Social Affairs, No. 1032-Pr/05, May 14, 2005;
31. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Service for Supervision of Environment, Technology and Nuclear Management Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Service for Supervision of Environment, Technology and Nuclear Management, No. 256, April 27, 2005 (lost effect);
32. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Treasury Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Treasury, No. 3n, April 5, апреля 2005;
33. On Powers of Tax and Financial Bodies – Letters of the Federal Tax Service, No. ShS-6-01/58@, January 26, 2005;
34. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Service for Financial Markets Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Service for Financial Markets, No. 04-1244/gv-n, December 15, 2004;
35. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Ministry for Transport of the Russian Federation Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Ministry for Transport, No. 28, November 2, 2004;
36. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration -Order of the Ministry of Industry and Energy, No. 41, July 13, 2004 (amended January 19, 2006) (lost effect);
37. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the State Courier Service Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the State Courier Service, No. 235, July 01, 2004 (lost effect);
38. On Approval of the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the State Committee for Physical Culture and Sports, No. 218, March 11, 2004;
39. On Approval of the Procedure for Providing Interested Persons with Information on Them Disposed by Customs Bodies – Order of the State Customs Committee, No. 137, February 2, 2004 (amended April 23, 2004);
40. On Approval and Enforcement of Explanations on Implementation of the Statute on Procedure for Maintaining the Federal Register of Normative Legal Acts of the Russian Federation Subjects – Order of the Ministry for Justice, No. 5, January 12, 2004 (amended August 26, 2009);
41. On Approval of the Instruction on Informing and Consulting on Issues of the Customs Field and on Other Issues Included in the Competence of Customs Bodies – Order of the State Customs Committee, No. 1509, December 23, 2003 (lost effect since November 01, 2006, pursuant to the Order of the Federal Customs Service No. 1004 from October 16, 2006);
42. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Acts of the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information Considered by the Ministry for Justice of the Russian Federation as Non-Subject to State Registration – Order of the Federal Agency of Government Communications and Information, No. 380, December 30, 2002;
43. On the Procedure for Publication and Enforcement of Statements of the State Committee for Statistics on Issues of State Statistics and of Primary Accounting Documentation – Statement of the State Committee for Statistics, No. 59, August 20, 2001 (lost effect since April 9, 2008);
44. Enabling Public Knowledge on Rights for Health Care. Methodic Guide – Order of the Fund for Mandatory Medical Insurance, August 24, 1999;
45. On Approval of the Explanations on Implementation of Rules for Development and State Registration of Normative Legal Acts of Federal Executive Government Bodies – Order of the Ministry for Justice, No. 217, July 14, 1999 (lost effect since June 4, 2007 pursuant to the Order of Ministry for Justice No. 88 from May 4, 2007);
46. Statute of the Department for State Registration of Departmental Normative Acts (Ministry for Justice of Russia) – Order of the Ministry for Justice, March 5, 1994;
47. On Approval of the Regulation for Arbitration Courts – Statement of the Supreme Arbitration Court, No. 7, June 5, 1996, amended March 4, 2010;
48. On Approval of the Procedure for Providing Open and Publicly Accessible Data Contained in the Unified State Register of Legal Persons and in the Unified Registers of Individual Entrepreneurs Order of the Federal Tax Service, No. MM-7-6/148@, March 31, 2009;
49. On Approval of the Price List for Documents and for Copies of Documents from the Federal Informational Fund of Technical Regulations and Standards, and for Informational Products and Services… – Order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology, No. 967, March 20, 2009;
50. Letter of the Ministry for Finances, No. 03-02-07/2-4, January 14, 2005.

Acts of Judicial Bodies

1. On Approval of the Statute on Procedure for General Jurisdiction Courts on Examining Applications Coming in E-Form from Citizens (Natural Persons), Organizations (Legal Persons), Public Associations, Government Bodies and/or Local Self-Government Bodies – Statement of the Presidium of Council of Judges of the Russian Federation, No. 229, June 21, 2010