Ukrainian parliament approves tougher punishment for separatismUkraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) has adopted a draft law that proposes more severe penalties for separatism, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday. Under the bill, intentional acts aimed at territorial changes or state boundary adjustment will be punished by imprisonment for up to 12 years, as well as the seizure of property.14:12 08.04.2014
Russian government approves tighter grip on foreign NGOsThe government legislative commission has approved a bill by the Ministry of Justice that will tighten control over the offices of international and foreign non-profit and non-government organizations, the cabinet of ministers announced on its website.10:56 08.04.2014
Ukraine seeks to ramp up separatism penaltiesUkraine’s Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday will review a draft bill that proposes more severe penalties for separatism, acting president Aleksandr Turchinov declared in a public address on Monday.17:35 07.04.2014
Russia may equate popular bloggers to media resourcesLawmakers Andrei Lugovoi and Vadim Dengin (Liberal Democratic Party) will submit a bill to the State Duma this week to assign media responsibilities to popular bloggers.15:46 07.04.2014
Labor migrant children over six years old to be fingerprintedRussia’s Federal Migration Service will fingerprint migrants’ children who are older than six years, reads a bill posted Friday on the website of planned legislation.11:36 04.04.2014
Putin signs law voiding Black Sea Fleet treaties with UkraineRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law voiding the bilateral Russian-Ukrainian treaties concerning the deployment of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine, the Kremlin’s press service announced Wednesday .15:46 02.04.2014
Bill on children as organ donors drafted in RussiaA bill on organ donation, which the Healthcare Ministry has submitted to the government, stipulates that children above one year of age can become organ donors, but only with the approval of their parents, a ministry official told RIA Novosti.10:58 02.04.2014
Latvia will not heed UN language law recommendations – officialLatvia will not amend its state language law in connection with a recent set of UN recommendations, education minister Ina Drujviete stated on Tuesday.16:54 01.04.2014
All Chernobyl cleanup workers to receive benefitsRussia’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday invalidated a regulation that denied Chernobyl cleanup worker an accompanying benefit status to members of student construction teams who took park in cleanup operations after the 1986 nuclear plant accident in Chernobyl, Ukraine, who were not dispatched there by executive decision.12:50 01.04.2014
Ukraine’s parliament moves for immediate disarmament of militiasUkrainian Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday adopted a resolution for the immediate disarmament of all illegal militias. The resolution was approved by 256 lawmakers with 220 passing minimum required.12:31 01.04.2014
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