FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of July 31, 2025 No. 320-FZ

About modification of separate legal acts of the Russian Federation

Accepted by the State Duma on July 22, 2025

Approved by the Federation Council on July 25, 2025

Article 1

Part the second article 11.1 of the Federal Law of December 17, 1994 No. 67-FZ "About federal courier communication" (The Russian Federation Code, 1994, No. 34, Art. 3547; 1999, No. 49, Art. 5904; 27, the Art. 3435) to state 2013, to No. in the following edition:

"The list of types of military person-portable small arms and cartridges to it, ammunition, the cold weapon and special means which are armed the federal executive body performing special functions in the field of ensuring federal courier communication in the Russian Federation is established by the Government of the Russian Federation.".

Article 2

Bring in the Federal Law of December 13, 1996 No. 150-FZ "About weapon" (The Russian Federation Code, 1996, No. 51, Art. 5681; 1998, No. 30, Art. 3613; No. 31, Art. 3834; No. 51, Art. 6269; 1999, No. 47, Art. 5612; 2000, No. 16, Art. 1640; 2001, No. 33, Art. 3435; No. 49, Art. 4558; 2002, No. 26, Art. 2516; 2003, No. 2, Art. 167; No. 27, Art. 2700; No. 50, Art. 4856; 2004, No. 18, Art. 1683; No. 27, Art. 2711; 2006, No. 31, Art. 3420; 2007, No. 1, Art. 21; No. 32, Art. 4121; 2008, No. 52, Art. 6227; 2009, No. 7, Art. 770; No. 11, Art. 1261; No. 30, Art. 3735; 2010, No. 23, Art. 2793; 2011, No. 1, Art. 10, 16; No. 15, Art. 2025; No. 30, Art. 4596; No. 50, Art. 7351; 2012, No. 29, Art. 3993; 2013, No. 27, Art. 3477; 2014, No. 11, Art. 1092; No. 16, Art. 1832; 2015, No. 29, Art. 4356; 2016, No. 27, Art. 4160, 4238; No. 28, Art. 4558; 2017, No. 27, Art. 3945; No. 31, Art. 4817; No. 50, Art. 7562; 2018, No. 1, Art. 57; No. 30, Art. 4554; No. 32, Art. 5114; No. 53, Art. 8443; 2019, No. 31, Art. 4439; 2020, No. 50, Art. 8048; 2021, No. 24, Art. 4188; No. 27, Art. 5059, 5141; No. 49, Art. 8142; 2022, No. 9, Art. 1253; No. 29, Art. 5272; 2023, No. 1, Art. 85; No. 29, Art. 5325; No. 47, Art. 8312; 2024, No. 33, Art. 4946, 4975; 2025, No. 28, Art. 3850) following changes:

Preamble in paragraph one the word "manual" to exclude 1);

The word "manual" to exclude 2) in Item 3 of Article 2;

3) in Article 5:

a) state the name in the following edition:

"Article 5. Military small and cold weapon";

b) in part one of the word "The Weapon Intended for the Solution of Fighting and Operational and Office Tasks, Accepted Belongs to Military Person-portable Small and Cold Weapon" shall be replaced with words "The manual or being part arms of military equipment or stationary fighting complexes made for the solution of fighting and operational and office tasks the firearms by caliber to 20 mm and cold weapon, accepted", the word "carried" to replace with the word "carried" belong to military small and cold weapon intended and;

4) in Article 12:

a) in part three:

the paragraph the fifth after words "printed material" to add with the words "cultural values";

in paragraph eight of the word "on protection by departmental protection of protected" shall be replaced with words "on protection by departmental protection";

b) add with parts ten - the fourteenth the following content:

"For the purpose of suppression of functioning of pilotless air, underwater and surface ships and devices, pilotless vehicles and other automated pilotless complexes or realization by departmental protection of functions on assistance to law enforcement agencies in protection of public order and ensuring public safety in the cases provided by the Federal Law of April 14, 1999 No. 77-FZ "About departmental protection", federal state bodies, federal executive bodies, the supreme executive body of the subject of the Russian Federation - the federal city of Moscow and the organizations having the right to creation of departmental protection have the right to receive in territorial authorities of the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons in temporary use the military small arms and cartridges to it which are not included in the list approved by the Government of the Russian Federation for arms of the departmental protection created by them in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.

The federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons based on the arrived motivated appeal of federal state body, federal executive body, the supreme executive body of the subject of the Russian Federation - the federal city of Moscow or the organizations which created in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation departmental protection proceeding from the availability of types and models of military small arms and cartridges to it which are not included in the list approved by the Government of the Russian Federation having the right to make the decision on issue in temporary use of such weapon and cartridges to it to the corresponding departmental protection. The specified motivated address to its direction to the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons is subject to approval of management of federal executive body in the field of safety on appropriate subject of the Russian Federation and shall contain reasonable calculation with information on necessary models and quantity of military small arms and cartridges to it.

Models and quantity of military small arms and the cartridges to it which are not included in the list approved by the Government of the Russian Federation which provide departmental protection are determined by the decision of the head of federal executive body, the representative in the field of traffic in weapons, or the official authorized by it proceeding from their availability and the provided reasonable calculation. Obtaining in temporary use of such weapon and cartridges to it is performed by departmental protection in territorial authority of the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons, according to the procedure, established by the Government of the Russian Federation taking into account the features determined by this part and parts ten and the eleventh this Article.

Accounting, storage, transportation, carrying, use and use of military small arms and the cartridges to it which are not included in the list approved by the Government of the Russian Federation are performed by departmental protection according to the procedure, established for office firearms. Issue for accomplishment of the tasks assigned to departmental protection, the military small arms and cartridges to it which are not included in the list approved by the Government of the Russian Federation, to workers of departmental protection to whose job responsibilities use of firearms and its application for the purpose of implementation of the functions provided by the Federal Laws belong is performed according to the decision of the head of departmental protection after passing by the specified workers of preparation according to the procedure, established by the Government of the Russian Federation. Obtaining in territorial authority of the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons, the military small arms and cartridges to it which are not included in the list approved by the Government of the Russian Federation is performed after instructing in rules of safe handling of such weapon and cartridges of the head of departmental protection to it or the official authorized by it.

Use by departmental protection of military small arms and the cartridges to it which are not included in the list approved by the Government of the Russian Federation, for the purpose of, not provided by part ten of this Article is forbidden, or in case of receipt of the notification of the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons or its territorial authority about need of delivery of such weapon and cartridges to it. In the specified cases within two weeks such weapon and cartridges to it are subject to delivery in the territorial authority of the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons which issued them.";

Part the fourth Article 15 to add 5) with the offer of the following content: "To the subjects specified in parts one and the second this Article, the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons, or its territorial authority issues permission to storage or storage and use of weapon depending on the purposes of its acquisition.";

Article 16 to add 6) with parts eleven and the twelfth the following content:

"Production of written off weapon on the basis of award short-barreled firearms with rifle barrel is performed by the legal entity having license for activities on development, production, testing, installation, installation, maintenance, repair, utilization and realization of arms and military equipment and (or) license for activities on development, production, testing, repair and utilization of civil and office weapon and the main parts of firearms, development, production, testing, utilization of cartridges to civil and office weapon and components of cartridges at the expense of means of the citizen of the Russian Federation awarded with the specified weapon or his heir.

Transfer of award short-barreled firearms with rifle barrel to the legal entity specified in part eleven of this Article is performed based on the direction issued by the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons or its territorial authority. Military short-barreled person-portable small award weapon for the purpose of production on its basis of written off weapon it can be transported by the relevant organization having the right to implementation of transportation of such weapon. Transportation, and also obligatory confirmation of conformity of the written off weapons produced on the basis of award short-barreled firearms with rifle barrel is performed at the expense of means of the citizen of the Russian Federation awarded with the specified weapon or his heir. The produced written off weapons after obligatory confirmation of conformity are transferred to the citizen of the Russian Federation awarded with the short-barreled firearms with rifle barrel specified by the legal entity or his heir who received in the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons or its territorial authority the direction for the purpose of production of written off weapon on the basis of the specified weapon and pass into its property. The produced written off weapons are subject to registration in territorial authority of the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons at the place of residence in two weeks from the date of its obtaining.";

7) part the second articles 17 after the words "for use in hunting)" to add with words "to the issued legal entities for a period of six months or for the term of holding the action providing temporary import in the Russian Federation or the temporary export from the Russian Federation of such weapon and cartridges to it but which is not exceeding six months, or to citizens for a period of two months", to add with the offer of the following content: "The specified permissions are not issued to citizens of the Russian Federation and legal entities in the presence of the circumstances provided by part four of article 9 of this Federal Law.";

To add part one of Article 18 with the offer of the following content: "To the legal entities specified in this part, the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons, or its territorial authority issues permission to storage of weapon and cartridges for a period of five years.";

9) in Article 20.1:

a) the second after words of "award weapon" to add part with the words "and cartridges to it", to add with the offer of the following content: "Permission to storage and carrying award weapon and cartridges to it is effective is termless.";

b) third to add part with offers of the following content: "The citizens of the Russian Federation who reached age of 21 years, the citizens of the Russian Federation who did not reach age of 21 years, passed or passing military service and also the citizens who are serving in the state paramilitary organizations and having military ranks or special ranks or class ranks of justice can be awarded with military short-barreled person-portable small arms, civil firearms. The citizens of the Russian Federation who reached age of 18 years can be awarded with military cold weapon, civil cold bladed weapon.";

c) part the fourth to add with words ", except for inheritances of the specified weapon for the purpose of the subsequent production on its basis of written off weapon";

d) add with parts nine and the tenth the following content:

"The citizen of the Russian Federation awarded with short-barreled firearms with rifle barrel, and in case of his death the heir of the specified person has the right to give such weapon to the legal entity specified in part eleven of article 16 of this Federal Law for the purpose of production of written off weapon on the basis of such weapon, except for the weapon having cultural value. Cartridges to such weapon are subject to delivery in the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons or its territorial authority or in law-enforcement bodies.

The heir of the citizen of the Russian Federation awarded with military cold weapon, such weapon and to own it according to the procedure having the right to inherit, provided by part six of article 20 of this Federal Law.";

Part one of Article 22 to add 10) with the offer of the following content: "Permissions to storage, storage and carrying or storage and use of civil and office weapon and cartridges to it are not issued to citizens of the Russian Federation and legal entities in the presence of the circumstances provided by part four of article 9 of this Federal Law.";

Part third of Article 25 to add 11) with the offer of the following content: "Permissions to transportation or transportation of weapon and (or) cartridges to it are drawn up by the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons or its territorial authority for the term necessary for their movement to the destination but which is not exceeding two months in the absence of the circumstances provided by part four of article 9 of this Federal Law.";

Part third of Article 28 to add 12) with the offer of the following content: "Document forms, used when implementing federal state control of traffic in weapons and provision of the state services in issue of the licenses and permissions provided by this Federal Law or regulatory legal acts of the Government of the Russian Federation adopted according to it, and also requirements to these documents are established by the federal executive body authorized in the field of traffic in weapons.".

Article 3

Bring in the Federal Law of April 14, 1999 No. 77-FZ "About departmental protection" (The Russian Federation Code, 1999, No. 16, Art. 1935; 2007, No. 49, Art. 6079; 2009, No. 19, Art. 2279; 2010, No. 48, Art. 6246; 2014, No. 16, Art. 1832; No. 30, Art. 4260; 2015, No. 29, Art. 4342; 2016, No. 27, Art. 4160, 4221; 2017, No. 50, Art. 7562; 2022, No. 27, Art. 4631; No. 41, Art. 6957; No. 45, Art. 7672; 2023, No. 1, Art. 85; No. 32, Art. 6171, 6172; 2024, No. 1, Art. 20; No. 18, Art. 2395; 2025, No. 28, Art. 3850) following changes:

1) in Article 5:

a) in word part three of "military person-portable small arms" shall be replaced with words "military small arms, including person-portable small arms, office firearms, civil firearms and cartridges to them, special means";

b) add with new part four of the following content:

"After agreement signature (agreement) specified in part three of this Article, departmental protection within five working days sends one its copy to the federal executive body performing functions on development and realization of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of activities of troops of national guard of the Russian Federation, in the field of traffic in weapons, in the field of private security activities and in the field of private security. Departmental protection notifies the specified federal executive body within five working days after the termination of its action on cancellation of such agreement (agreement).";

c) the fourth to consider part part five;

d) add with parts six and the seventh the following content:

"Models and quantity of military small arms, office firearms, civil firearms and cartridges to them which provide departmental protection for realization of functions on assistance to law enforcement agencies in protection of public order and ensuring public safety are determined in the agreement (contract) with the relevant law enforcement agency in coordination with the federal executive body performing functions on development and realization of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of activities of troops of national guard of the Russian Federation, in the field of traffic in weapons, in the field of private security activities and in the field of private security. Models and quantity of military small arms and the cartridges to it which are not included in the list approved by the Government of the Russian Federation which provide departmental protection for realization of functions on assistance to law enforcement agencies in protection of public order and ensuring public safety are determined according to parts ten - the twelfth article 12 of the Federal Law of December 13, 1996 No. 150-FZ "About weapon" and are specified in the agreement (contract) with the relevant law enforcement agency.

The federal executive body performing functions on development and realization of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of activities of troops of national guard of the Russian Federation, in the field of traffic in weapons, in the field of private security activities and in the field of private security, having the right to make the decision on issue in temporary use of military small arms and the cartridges to it which are not included in the list approved by the Government of the Russian Federation for realization of functions on assistance to law enforcement agencies in protection of public order and ensuring public safety proceeding from their availability.";

Part the tenth Article 8 to state 2) in the following edition:

"Departmental protection shall notify territorial authority of the federal executive body performing functions on development and realization of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of activities of troops of national guard of the Russian Federation, in the field of traffic in weapons, in the field of private security activities and in the field of private security on acceptance of objects under protection (removal from protection) within five working days from the date of their acceptance under protection (removal from protection) by means of the registered mail with the assurance of receipt or other available method allowing to confirm the fact of such notification. The list of the protected objects affirms the federal state bodies having the right to creation of departmental protection, federal executive bodies, the supreme executive body of the subject of the Russian Federation - the federal city of Moscow and the organizations according to the procedure, established by the Government of the Russian Federation.";

3) in Article 9:

a) in word part three of "military person-portable small arms" shall be replaced with words "military small arms, including person-portable small arms,", after words to "protection of objects" to add with the words "and realization of functions on assistance to law enforcement agencies in protection of public order and ensuring public safety";

b) the fourth to state part in the following edition:

"Turnover of office firearms, military small arms and cartridges to it is performed according to the procedure, the established legislation of the Russian Federation on weapon.";

c) the sixth to state part in the following edition:

"Departmental protection in the state paramilitary organizations uses the military small arms and cartridges to it which are on the arms of the specified organizations, according to the procedure, determined by the Government of the Russian Federation.";

4) in Article 15 part two:

a) third to state the paragraph in the following edition:

"the mechanical sprayers, aerosol and other devices equipped with the tear or irritating substances allowed for use by the federal executive body performing functions on development and realization of state policy and normative legal regulation in the field of health care - in the cases provided by Items 1 - 4 parts one of this Article;";

b) add with the paragraph the eighth the following content:

"electroconvulsive devices - in the cases provided by Items 1 - 5 parts one of this Article.".

Article 4

Bring in the Federal Law of July 17, 1999 No. 176-FZ "About mail service" (The Russian Federation Code, 1999, No. 29, Art. 3697; 2011, No. 50, Art. 7351; 2016, No. 28, Art. 4558; 2018, No. 27, Art. 3954; 2023, No. 12, Art. 1889; No. 47, Art. 8312) following changes:

1) the paragraph of the thirty seventh Article 2 to add with words ", cultural values";

2) part the fifth articles 22 after words "printed material" to add with the words "cultural values".

Article 5

In Item 19 of part 1 of article 9 of the Federal Law of July 3, 2016 No. 226-FZ "About troops of national guard of the Russian Federation" (The Russian Federation Code, 2016, No. 27, Art. 4159; 2017, No. 50, Art. 7562; 2018, No. 11, Art. 1575; No. 42, Art. 6378; 2019, No. 49, Art. 6963; 2020, No. 12, Art. 1656; 2022, No. 29, Art. 5272, 5318; 2023, No. 1, Art. 85; No. 6, Art. 921; No. 32, Art. 6168, 6172; 2024, No. 33, of the Art. 4975) of the word"," to exclude the Governments of the Russian Federation provided by regulatory legal acts.

Article 6

This Federal Law becomes effective from the date of its official publication.

 

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