UN Human Rights Council approves draft resolution on judicial system integrityThe United Nations Human Rights Council has approved a draft resolution on the integrity of the judicial system, submitted by Russia. The United States voted against the new document, Russia's permanent mission in the UN Geneva office reported on Twitter.11:22 28.03.2014
Russian Regional Development Ministry drafts bill on aquatic planningRussia's Regional Development Ministry has started drafting a federal bill on sea (aquatic) planning, the ministry announced.17:39 27.03.2014
Justice Ministry suggests smaller dorms for convictsThe Russian Ministry of Justice has drafted a bill that would provide rooms with a maximum capacity of ten people for inmates serving terms in standard or low security prisons.11:20 27.03.2014
Owen Pell on the shrinking scope of extraterritoriality in US lawThe extraterritorial application of US law in cases that at first glance have little if any connection to the US may have a chilling effect on foreign businesses and authorities. A partner with New York-based White & Case LLP, Owen Pell, sitting in its Moscow office tells RAPSI that the situation is changing with interesting implications for non-US companies.17:03 26.03.2014
St. Petersburg parliament bans child beauty pageantsSt. Petersburg lawmakers adopted a bill on Wednesday that prohibits beauty pageants for children younger than 16 years old, the city legislature announced.16:48 26.03.2014
Immigration police could be established in Russia by 2016 - reportThe Federal Migration Service is working on an immigration-control bill that is expected to take effect by 2016, Kommersant reports Wednesday. According to the newspaper, the new legislation will grant the agency police authority.10:54 26.03.2014
Convicted single mothers must be separated from repeat offenders in prisons - lawyerRussia's Federal Chamber of Lawyers (FCL) has proposed formalizing different confinement conditions for convicted women who are to be divided into four groups – minors, single mothers, first offenders and repeat offenders.14:59 25.03.2014
Russian government moves to criminalize production of e-money theft devicesThe Russian government's legislative commission has approved a bill that would criminalize the production of equipment designed to steal e-money, the cabinet announced Tuesday.11:28 25.03.2014
Russia’s upper house proposes ban on glorification of NazismLawmakers of the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, have drafted a bill establishing criminal liability for attempts to glorify Nazis or rehabilitate Nazism, according to Konstantin Dobrynin, the Deputy Chairman of the upper house's Constitutional Legislation Committee.16:47 24.03.2014
Putin signs Crimea and Sevastopol accession lawsOn Friday, President Vladimir Putin has officialy signed the bills on accession of Crimean peninsula and Sevastopol with Russian Federation into laws. The bills were approved by the Federation Council earlier on Friday.15:53 21.03.2014
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022