Archive · 20 Nov 2025
Putin's Stance on AI: No Personal Use, but Kremlin Embraces It
Russian President Putin doesn't use AI himself, but his team does.
He wants Russia to create its own AI models to keep its independence.
At a recent event, an AI robot danced for him.
Russian President Vladimir Putin does not use AI tools personally
Kremlin uses AI to sort citizens' questions during Putin's Q&A events
Putin calls for a national AI task force to develop generative AI models
AI-powered robot danced for Putin at Sberbank's tech exhibition
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed these details
- Who
- Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
- What
- Discussed and demonstrated the use of AI in Russia
- When
- Thursday (Kremlin statement), Wednesday (Putin's call for AI task force and robot dance event)
- Where
- Russia
- Why
- To preserve Russian sovereignty and advance technological capabilities
- AI Tool Use
- Not used personally by Putin, but used by Kremlin officials
- Kremlin's AI Use
- Sorting citizens' questions during Putin's Q&A events
- Putin's Initiative
- National task force for developing generative AI models
- AI Robot Demonstration
- AI-powered robot danced for Putin at Sberbank's tech exhibition
- Source of Information
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov