AI regulation in Belarus (2026)

In August 2025 Belarus announced it would begin drafting an AI technology law in 2026. Documentation was prepared and submitted to the National Center of Legal Information to ensure inclusion in the 2026 legislative plan; a 42-specialist cross-ministerial working group was formed to lead the drafting.

The CIS Interparliamentary Assembly adopted the Model Law 'On Artificial Intelligence Technologies' on 24 April 2025, drafted by Belarus's own United Institute of Informatics Problems (National Academy of Sciences). Belarus's future national legislation is explicitly to be based on this model law, which defines AI and calls for unified CIS-wide regulatory approaches.

The Strategic Projects Council (chaired by the NAS president) and the Legal and Judicial Policy Council jointly endorsed the National Academy of Sciences as the designated sectoral regulator for AI, though the mandate's scope is still being defined ahead of formal legislation.

A national technical committee on digitalization and AI is being established under the Ministry of Communications and Informatization. Approximately eight AI standards covering terms, definitions, and application guidance are planned, with several UNDP-supported standards expected for approval by end of 2025.

The forthcoming Digital Development Strategy of the Republic of Belarus for 2026–2030 is intended to serve as the policy foundation for AI and big data regulatory initiatives and will embed AI as a priority investment sector alongside wider digitalization of public administration.

Residents of the Belarus High-Tech Park (HTP) were granted the legal right to operate in AI-related fields under expanded HTP legislation, providing a de facto sectoral sandbox for AI companies in absence of broader AI law.