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No referendum required to amend Russia’s Constitution – rights advocate

17:13 17/01/2020 The renewal of the Constitution proposed by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin requires neither a referendum, nor convening of the Constitutional Assembly, a member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Alexander Brod has stated.

Russia’s President explains necessity to amend Constitution

18:39 16/01/2020 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has clarified the essence of the amendments to the Constitution he proposed earlier at a meeting with members of a working group established to elaborate the respective suggestions.

State Duma committee backs bill to fence business from criminal society related charges

17:14 16/01/2020 The State Duma Committee on Security and Combating Corruption has recommended that a presidential bill to limit the application of a Criminal Code article defining sanctions for participation in or organization of criminal societies as concerns businesspersons be passed in the first reading.

Russian human rights advocates to work on proposals for Constitution amendments

10:51 16/01/2020 Members of the Presidential Council for Human Rights have come into the working group on the development of proposals for amending the Russian Constitution.

Russia’s President proposes to bolster Constitutional Court’s role

17:19 15/01/2020 In his address to the Federal Assembly on Wednesday Russia’s President Vladimir Putin proposed to enhance the role played by the Constitutional Court in order to improve the quality of the national legislation and to secure the interests of the country’s citizens.

President Putin stands for priority of Constitution in Russia’s legal framework

16:02 15/01/2020 It is necessary to guarantee the priority of the national Constitution in Russia’s legal framework, where any international law standards and decisions of international bodies may be in effect only to the extent they do not restrict civil rights and liberties and comply with Russia’s Constitution, President Vladimir Putin stated addressing the Federal Assembly on Wednesday.

Putin proposes to extend State Duma powers in terms of naming Cabinet of Ministers

15:15 15/01/2020 Russian President Vladimir Putin during his address to the Federal Assembly on Wednesday proposed to extend the powers of the State Duma when it comes to the naming of government.

Control and supervision reform must be finished in 2020 - Russian President

14:58 15/01/2020 It is necessary to complete the reform of means of control and supervision in 2020 and therefore make the activity of businesses more convenient and easier, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said in his address to the Federal Assembly on Wednesday.

Putin: Minimum wages and pension adjustment rules need Constitutional guarantees

14:03 15/01/2020 The provisions that the minimum wages and salaries are to be at or above the subsistence income of the employable population need to be fixed in the Constitution, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said in his address to the Federal Assembly on Wednesday.

Russian penitentiary officials next to police may be authorized to issue cautions

14:14 13/01/2020 A bill authorizing penitentiary officials to hand down official warnings has been submitted to the lower house of Russian parliament.

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No referendum required to amend Russia’s Constitution – rights advocate

17:13 17/01/2020 The renewal of the Constitution proposed by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin requires neither a referendum, nor convening of the Constitutional Assembly, a member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights Alexander Brod has stated.

Moscow court to hear case over $950 mln embezzlement in BTA Bank on January 31

15:31 17/01/2020 The Moscow Tagansky District Court is to hear a criminal case against ex-Chairman of the board of directors of Kazakh BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, charged with embezzlement of over 58 billion rubles (about $950 million) of the bank’s controlled structure.

Ex-top official of regional penal colony convicted of $300k embezzlement

16:09 17/01/2020 A court in Russia’s Saratov Region has sentenced a former head and a former chief accountant of one of the local penal colonies to 4 and 3 years in custody respectively for embezzling over 18 million budget rubles ($300,000).

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