Source: The Moscow Times

Russia’s Supreme Court announced a nationwide assessment of lower-court rulings involving artificial intelligence in Russia on 27 May 2026, aiming to produce unified guidance for the judicial system. The review will focus on determining liability and damages in AI-driven lawsuits and will address claims that technology firms scraped copyrighted material when training AI models, describing those as claims to be examined. Protocols for prosecuting deepfakes, chatbot scams and online impersonation are to be outlined, and a dedicated section will treat defamation and public reputation issues arising from AI-generated content. The court said it will also evaluate government decisions that were made based on AI recommendations and will assess how frequently AI is the subject of litigation or offenses.

Evidentiary standards are a central concern: the court will scrutinize how AI-generated documents are admitted as evidence and how courts should handle infractions flagged by automated facial recognition and public video analytics. The Supreme Court intends to issue formal clarifications after the audit to ensure consistent interpretation of statutory law across jurisdictions; the timeline for completing the review was not disclosed. The dossier notes this exercise functions as a judicial practice review in Russia’s civil law system, a mechanism the Supreme Court uses to give binding instructions to lower courts. The piece also contains a publisher’s statement that Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has designated The Moscow Times as an “undesirable” organization and previously labeled it a “foreign agent,” a characterization the paper frames as criminalizing its work.