Bill proposing tougher punishment for extremism sent to Russian DumaA bill aimed at toughening criminal punishment for crimes of extremism and for inciting hatred or enmity has been forwarded to the State Duma.10:31 24.06.2013
Duma adopts bill allowing option of voluntary departure instead of deportationThe State Duma on Friday adopted in the third and final reading a law on the voluntary departure of foreign citizens subject to deportation.18:27 21.06.2013
State Duma prohibits distributing 'neutral' and 'good' lies about citizensThe State Duma on Friday has adopted in the third reading amendments to the Civil Code restricting the distribution of information about a citizen's private life and prohibiting the distribution of so-called "neutral" and "good" lies that do not discredit a person.18:16 21.06.2013
Japanese parliament adopts anti-bullying lawThe Upper House of the Japanese parliament Friday adopted a law aimed at preventing bullying in schools, according to RIA Novosti.17:35 21.06.2013
Putin urges Duma to adopt amnesty for economic crimesRussian President Vladimir Putin urged the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, to grant an amnesty pardoning those with first-time convictions for economic crimes who either have reimbursed the damages, or who have expressed the willingness to do so.16:50 21.06.2013
Putin proposes merging Russian Supreme Court and Supreme Commercial courtRussian President Vladimir Putin proposed merging the Supreme Court with the Supreme Commercial Court, and amending the Consitution accordingly.16:16 21.06.2013
Duma supports pretrial blocking of illegal video contentThe State Duma on Friday voted in favor of amendments to the "piracy bill" introducing pretrial blocking of pirated video content.13:22 21.06.2013
US may sanction Russia and China for human traffickingSanctions may be placed on Russia, China and Uzbekistan, whose rating in the US State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons report has been downgraded to Tier 3, the lowest rank.13:21 20.06.2013
Justice minister against preventive inspections of NGOsThe best approach is to hold specific inspections that follow up leads rather than preventive inspections of NGOs, Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov said during a meeting with State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin on Wednesday.16:59 19.06.2013
Russian MPs ordered to declare foreign assets by July 1State Duma deputies are to submit declarations of their foreign assets to the incomes monitoring commission by July 1, even though the law prohibiting officials from holding foreign bank accounts will only come into force on August 7.14:29 19.06.2013
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