Putin: Russia will draw up a national plan to deal with tax havensRussia will draw up a national plan to deal with offshore tax havens, President Vladimir Putin said at news conference following the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.10:31 19.06.2013
Justice minister admits no NGO may ever be put on foreign agent listJustice Minister Alexander Konovalov has not ruled out that the list of NGOs registered as foreign agents will remain empty, as he spoke at a meeting of the Presidential Council on Human Rights.15:54 18.06.2013
Smokers and non-smokers to be separated in Russian prisonsThe Federal Penitentiary Service plans to separate smokers and non-smokers in prisons and other detention facilities, Valery Trofimov, who heads the service's department for social, psychological and educational work with inmates, told reporters on Tuesday.15:24 18.06.2013
Russian Duma on its way to approving gay adoption banRussia's lower house of parliament has approved amendments in the second reading to a government bill which prohibit the adoption of Russian children by same-sex couples.12:54 18.06.2013
Draft resolution obliging MPs to declare their expenses submitted to DumaA draft resolution obliging deputies to declare their expenses by July 1, in accordance with a presidential decree, has been submitted to the State Duma.10:03 14.06.2013
Lower house bans single foreigners from adopting Russian childrenRussian legislators have drafted amendments to the Family Code, banning the adoption of Russian children by gay couples, as well as by single individuals living in countries where same-sex marriages are legal.12:12 13.06.2013
Law on online piracy may be adopted next weekThe State Duma plans to adopt next week a bill on online piracy designed, in part, to prevent the illegal posting of films and music on torrent trackers, United Russia Deputy Viktor Pinsky, deputy chair of the House Committee on Criminal Legislation, told RIA Novosti on Thursday.11:50 13.06.2013
Russian senate to discuss fingerprinting new arrivals without visasThe upper house of parliament plans to discuss with security agencies and the police the idea of fingerprinting new arrivals, Ruslan Gattarov, the co-author of the initiative and the chairman of the Federation Council's ad hoc commission on information society, told journalists on Tuesday.16:41 11.06.2013
Law protecting believers' feelings to become effective in JulyThe State Duma has decided to resume the second hearing of the law on punishment for causing religious offence in order to introduce several amendments, in particular, the date of its enforcement.13:22 11.06.2013
State Duma to ban adoptions by foreign gay couplesThe State Duma may pass changes to legislation banning foreign same-sex couples from adopting Russian children, Speaker Sergei Naryshkin told journalists on Monday.15:48 10.06.2013
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