Law & Legislation

Bill proposing tougher punishment for extremism sent to Russian Duma

A 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 deportation

The 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 citizens

The 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 law

The 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 crimes

Russian 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 court

Russian 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 content

The 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 trafficking

Sanctions 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 NGOs

The 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 1

State 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

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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