In 2023, the number of registered civilian drones in the Russian Federation increased by a third. This has been reported telegram channel Rosaviatsia.
According to the Ministry’s data, 93 thousand civilian drones were registered in the Russian Federation by the end of 2023, and approximately 70 thousand civilian drones were registered by the end of 2022. At the same time, at the beginning of 2024, 67 thousand civilian drones belong to real persons and 25 thousand belong to legal entities.
“In 2023, a total of 52,387 applications for the provision of public services for the registration of civilian UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were received and evaluated. “According to the review results, 26,281 positive decisions were made regarding the registration of UAVs.”
In Russia, drones weighing from 150 grams to 30 kg are subject to registration.
Before that, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov within the framework of the design and training intensive “Archipelago-2023” in Novosibirsk statedIn 2024, the Russian Federation needs to produce 18 thousand large and medium-sized civilian unmanned aerial vehicles weighing more than 1 kg.
In June 2023, Vladimir Voloshin, head of the department for the development of the digital economy of the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) of the Russian Federation, said that MED evaluating the possibility Making exceptions to the ban on civilians using drones in some regions.
Previously Ministry of Economy suggested Allow drones to be used in agriculture.