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Russian government files new bill regulating NGO activity

10:59 22/06/2017 Russian government has filed a new bill regulating activity of non-profit organizations (NGOs).

Russian Ministry of Justice proposes to extend jury trials to more cases

14:57 19/06/2017 The Russian Ministry of Justice has prepared a bill envisaging a wider use of the jury trial institution.

Russian Justice Ministry drafts bill regulating activities of foreign NGOs’ branches

11:55 05/06/2017 The Justice Ministry has prepared amendments to the Federal law on non-commercial organizations regulating activities of foreign non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) branches in Russia.

VII St. Petersburg International Legal Forum establishes Civil Law Achievement Award

15:55 17/05/2017 The VII Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum (LF), Russia’s Justice Ministry’s annual conference, has instituted the World Award for Highest Achievements in Civil and Private International Law.

Russian Justice Ministry to draft bill to improve free legal assistance

15:40 04/05/2017 The Justice Ministry has started working out a bill aimed to improve the quality of free legal assistance in Russia.

Khodorkovsky’s Open Russia NGO put on "undesirable organizations" list

14:48 27/04/2017 The Justice Ministry has added several foreign NGOs including Open Russia, founded by former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, to the list of "undesirable organizations".

Russian government backs bill giving life-term prisoners right for long visits

12:39 17/04/2017 Russian government has approved a bill that would grant life-term prisoners a right to have long visits from relatives.

Russian Supreme Court refuses to declare Jehovah's Witnesses victims of repressions

11:15 05/04/2017 The Supreme Court of Russia has dismissed a counter lawsuit filed by the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization against the Justice Ministry seeking to declare its actions unlawful and to recognize organization’s members as victims of political repressions.

Russian Justice Ministry to draft bill on requirements for foreign lawyers

12:43 17/03/2017 The Justice Ministry have started working out a draft law setting requirements for foreign attorneys working in Russia.

Russian Justice Ministry develops bill on protection from “credit traps”

15:48 14/03/2017 Russia’s Justice Ministry is developing a bill on protection of Russian citizens from “credit traps” by introducing priority of debt repayment over penalty repayment.

Registration open for VII St. Petersburg International Legal Forum

12:28 30/12/2016 The VII Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum (LF), Russia’s Justice Ministry’s annual conference, will take place on May 16-20, 2017.

Russian Justice Ministry proposes compulsory use of electronic bracelets

10:52 29/12/2016 Russia’s Justice Ministry is drafting a bill on compulsory use of electronic bracelets for effective control of persons placed under house arrest.

Moscow court refuses to exclude rights group Memorial from “foreign agents” list

13:48 16/12/2016 Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court dismissed an application filed by human rights organization Memorial to be removed from “foreign agents” list.

Russia’s Justice Ministry, Bailiff Service to control debt collection agencies

17:58 15/12/2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree authorizing Justice Ministry and the Federal Bailiff Service to take control over activities of debt collection agencies.

Russian court shuts down charity foundation labeled 'foreign agent'

15:02 13/12/2016 A court in Chelyabinsk sided with the Ministry of Justice and ordered charity foundation 'For nature' that had been designated as a 'foreign agent' to be shut down.

Russian Constitutional Court to study ECHR ruling on €1.9 bln compensation to Yukos

14:00 11/11/2016 Russia’s Constitutional Court will examine on December 15 a request filed by the Justice Ministry to study the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling regarding €1.9 billion compensation to former Yukos shareholders.

Russia to send request to US for return of convicted pilot Yaroshenko

16:54 14/10/2016 Russia’s Justice Ministry has forwarded a request for return of pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the U.S. for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine, to the Foreign Ministry for its onward transmission to the United State.

Russian Justice Ministry receives Yaroshenko’s petition on transfer from U.S.

15:46 11/10/2016 Russia’s Justice Ministry has received a petition filed by a lawyer of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the U.S. for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine, over potential transfer to Russia.

Russian Justice Ministry starts paying compensations to comply with ECHR decisions

18:15 26/09/2016 Russia’s Justice Ministry had started to pay compensations to applicants, who could win their cases in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Levada-Center survey NGO declared foreign agent

10:53 06/09/2016 One of Russia’s largest non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Levada-Center, which regularly conducts sociological and market surveys, has been declared a “foreign agent”.

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