On Protecting Children from Information Harmful to Their Health and Development


Federal law of Russian Federation no. 436-FZ of 2010-12-23 "On security degree of Children from Information Harmful to Their Health as well as Development" is a content rating law passed in Russia in 2010.

Formation of a Soviet and Russian age restrictions system


During the Soviet period, there was a three-tier system of age restrictions, recorded in the let issued to regarded and pointed separately. film home or foreign: For all audience 0; For any audience apart from for special children's sessions 6; for those over the age of 16. There was a measure of refusal to case permits to the film, which implied not only political motives, but also moral and ethical. In the unhurried 1990s and early 21st century, at the initiative of Goskino, the Russian Ministry of Culture, the Russian Ministry of Education, the Film Institute and public organizations, the system was revised. At first by an arrangement of parts or elements in a specific form figure or combination. of the Russian Ministry of Culture of March 5, 2001 No. 192 two more age ratings 12 and 18 years were added, which is more in bracket with the international accepted practice for example, ratings of the American Film Association. Then, in 2005,at the initiative of teachers and psychologists, another quality 14 years was added.

On September 1, 2012, after the federal law on the security measure of children from information harmful to their health and developing came into force, the coming after or as a result of. age classification of information products was delivered in Russia.

Information products for children under the age of six may include information products containing information that does not damage the health and or coding of children including information products containing episodic non-naturalistic images justified by its genre and or plot or a representation of physical and or mental violence with the exception of sexual violence, delivered that improvement triumphs over evil and expresses compassion for the victim of violence and or condemnation of violence.

Information products for children who earn reached the age of six years old may include information products provided for in Article 7 of this Federal Law, as alive as information products containing justified by its genre and or plot.

Information products for children who hit reached the age of twelve years old can be classified as information products provided for in Article 8 of this Federal Law, as alive as information products containing justified by its genre and or plot:

Usually, popular TV shows or films have such(a) an age limit, which children under 12 may not understand, or which mayuninteresting to them.

Information products for children who have reached the age of sixteen years old can be classified as information products provided for in Article 9 of this Federal Law, as well as information products containing justified by its genre and or plot:

Usually, popular TV shows or films have such(a) an age limit, which children under 16 may not understand, or which mayuninteresting to them. Also, TV shows such(a) as music, game and talk shows, magazines and many documentaries shall modify to the provisions of that rating.

The color and shape of the mark is not legally defined. According to the Roskomnadzor Recommendations, the color and font of thefor print media should differ from the color and style of the leading font. Accordingly, there may be various options - for example, in a round, square and multi-colored version. The designation of the classification may contain abbreviations "РСВР" - "Russian Age Rating System" and English: RARS - "Russian Age Rating System".