Federal Law No. 289-FZ of July 31, 2025 "On Certain Issues of Regulating the Platform Economy in the Russian Federation" applies to intermediary digital platforms with a daily audience of at least 100,000 people and a transaction volume of at least 50 billion rubles per year. The Ministry of Economic Development is authorized to maintain a register of such platforms — the list will be posted on a special information resource.
Platform operators are now required to notify partners of changes to the agreement regarding liability, remuneration, acceptance, storage and return of goods at least 45 days in advance. Other changes are made in 15 days. Discount promotions at the seller's expense are allowed only with his written consent, which he has the right to revoke at any time.
A mandatory system of pre-trial dispute resolution in electronic form is being introduced. Before applying to the court for fines, blocking, rating reduction or changing the position of the product card in the search results, the partner is obliged to file a complaint through this system. The operator reviews it within 15 days, and if it is found to be justified, it cancels the sanctions within 48 hours.
"Search results algorithms are becoming more transparent, sellers decide for themselves whether to participate in promotions, and buyers know that platforms check their partners and their products in state information systems," said Dmitry Grigorenko, Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Government staff.
The platforms are required to integrate with government information systems containing data on certification, declaration of conformity, state registration and product labeling. For importers who place products on marketplaces, this means enhanced automatic control of the availability of permits right at the stage of card publication.
Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development, emphasized the scale of the market: "The volume of online commerce exceeded 13 trillion rubles, of which almost 70% accounted for platforms. More than 2 million citizens provided services through the platforms."
Simultaneously with the basic law, Federal Law No. 295-FZ of August 4, 2026 entered into force, which introduced two new articles into the Administrative Code. Article 14.69 protects the rights of sellers and contains 12 offences. For restricting access to the personal account, lowering the rating or worsening the search results without the partner's consent to a discount, a fine for officials is from 30 to 80 thousand rubles, for legal entities — from 100 to 400 thousand rubles. Illegal blocking of the personal account and refusal to consider claims threatens with a fine of up to 500 thousand rubles, forced discounts and deterioration of the issue in case of refusal of shares — up to 400 thousand rubles.
Article 14.70 is addressed to sellers: it is prohibited to trade goods without the "Honest Mark" label, as well as medicines, dietary supplements, medical products and pesticides without valid certificates or declarations. The first violation for companies is 30-70 thousand rubles, for sole proprietors and officials — 5-30 thousand rubles, repeated — up to 200 thousand and up to 50 thousand rubles, respectively.
The entire bylaw was adopted in advance: Government resolutions, criteria for the inclusion of platforms in the register and the procedure for the operation of regulatory mechanisms entered into force simultaneously with the law.
