Law & Legislation

UN Human Rights Council approves draft resolution on judicial system integrity

The 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 planning

Russia'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 convicts

The 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 law

The 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 pageants

St. 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 - report

The 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 - lawyer

Russia'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 devices

The 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 Nazism

Lawmakers 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 laws

On 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

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025