Law & Legislation

Putin submits bill targeting terrorist training camps

President Vladimir Putin has submitted to the State Duma a draft law proposing criminal liability for training in terrorist camps, Russia's Lower House announced on its website Friday.

14:20 27.09.2013

Greenpeace activists breached international law - Putin

Greenpeace activists involved in staging a protest at a Russian offshore oil platform last week technically tried to seize the rig by force and breached the international law, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday at a forum on Arctic exploration in the northern Russian city of Salekhard.

15:30 25.09.2013

Public should consider divorce tax raise – PM Medvedev

A legislative initiative to sharply raise the state duty on divorce should be put to public consideration, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said.

10:23 24.09.2013

Criminal liability for drunk driving may be implemented by end of 2013

State Duma lawmaker Vyacheslav Lyisakov is preparing a set of amendments to the Criminal Code, which would serve to criminalize repeated instances of driving under the influence.

14:42 23.09.2013

Russian cabinet advised to mull can on officials' luxury cars

A Russian expert group led by the Open Government minister has advised the Cabinet to consider a bill banning officials from buying cars worth more than 1.5 million rubles ($47,000), according to a statement published on the government’s website Monday.

12:36 23.09.2013

Russian official accuses EU of hypocrisy over LGBT rights

The EU should tend to its own problems regarding gay rights before criticizing other countries, Russia’s human rights envoy said Thursday, after reviewing an NGO report on homophobic violence in Europe.

19:35 19.09.2013

Russian parliamentary committee approves NGO snap-check bill

A relevant parliamentary committee on Wednesday recommended that lawmakers pass a bill providing additional grounds for unscheduled checks of non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

10:23 19.09.2013

90% of Russians support NGO law - official

Head of the Russian presidential administration Sergei Ivanov defended Russia’s NGO foreign agent law, asserting that somewhere between 80 and 90 percent of Russians stood in support of it.

18:04 18.09.2013

Bill enabling transits without visa to stay in Russia for 3 days forwarded to Duma

The government has forwarded for the State Duma's review a draft law permitting transit visitors to stay in Russia without visa for 72 hours.

11:09 17.09.2013

Draft law banning pedophiles from entering Russia submitted to Duma

United Russia lawmaker Alexander Sidyakin proposed the imposition on foreign child molesters of a 50-year ban on entry into Russia, and submitted a draft law on the matter to the State Duma for review.

12:51 16.09.2013

Top news

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