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New criminal investigation procedure: more rights and opportunities

16:00 12/03/2012 Today’s criminal investigation procedure may soon be substantially revised, according to a president-initiated bill.

Regulator ready to tell more on Russian banks' violations

11:56 07/03/2012 The Central Bank is ready to provide more information on sanctioning banks which violated the anti-money laundering laws.

Russia’s political system heads for reform

14:38 05/03/2012 The lower house of Russia’s Parliament, the State Duma, has taken its first step toward reforming the political system by adopting three presidential bills in the first reading.

Putin cracks down on immigrants for violating registration procedure

18:25 29/02/2012 Presidential candidate and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for criminal responsibility for immigrants violating registration procedure.

Putin: laws must prevent turning business disputes into criminal cases

17:46 29/02/2012 Presidential candidate and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin believes that it is necessary to amend the legislation, so law enforcement authorities cannot abuse their power and there is no "accusatory link" between courts and law enforcement authorities.

President enacts pedophile chemical castration bill

17:26 29/02/2012 President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law toughening the punishment for repeat pedophiles to up to life in prison and chemical castration.

European parliament seeks to ban officials involved in Magnitsky case from EU

16:33 29/02/2012 Members of the European Parliament's communications delegation have called for banning the individuals allegedly involved in the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky from entering the EU.

Bankers stand for simplifying debtor bankruptcy procedure

15:24 29/02/2012 Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia and the CIS, has proposed to amend the laws on bankruptcy and on simplifying debtor bankruptcy procedures.

Russian lawyers to train 95,000 observers for presidential elections

18:58 22/02/2012 A group of independent observers will cover all polling stations during the upcoming presidential elections, the parliament's lower house representative Pavel Krashennikov said. The group formed by the Russian Lawyers Association's Youth Movement will consist of 95,000 people.

Drug dealers to be sentenced to life

18:14 22/02/2012 The parliament's upper house approved on Wednesday a government bill enabling courts to sentence those convicted of drug trafficking and smuggling to life imprisonment.

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Ex-FSB officers sentenced to 9 and 12 years in prison in case over bitcoin bribes

16:11 26/02/2021 The Second Western District Military Court on Friday sentenced former FSB officers to 9 and 12 years in prison for accepting bribes from the family of ex-CEO of Izvestia Publishing House Erast Galumov.

Russia’s Justice Ministry proposes improved guarantees of jurors’ material security

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