Over 90% of Russians back social amendments to Constitution – pollOver 90% of Russians are in favor of social amendments proposed to the Constitution, according to the director of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center Valery Fedorov.12:22 25.02.2020
State Duma adopts bill on antimonopoly complianceThe State Duma has adopted in the third and final reading a bill on antimonopoly compliance, a system of measures aimed to prevent companies from violation of antimonopoly law.16:08 20.02.2020
Russia’s HRC works on bill broadening use of mediation in criminal proceedingsThe Presidential Human Rights Council (HRC) is to present a bill aimed to boost the use of mediation in criminal proceedings.15:49 20.02.2020
Business Ombudsman works on proposals empowering jurors to try economic crimes casesRussia’s Business Rights Commissioner Boris Titov has said at a press-conference that his office is developing amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure in line with the proposals of the Supreme Court empower jurors to examine economic crimes cases.10:26 20.02.2020
Russia’s State Duma simplifies e-visa entry of foreigners to Far EastThe State Duma has passed in the third and final reading a bill extending a simplified entry of foreign citizens having e-visas to Russia’s Far East region.16:12 12.02.2020
Human Rights Council Chair submits proposals to Working Group on ConstitutionThe Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev has sent the proposals developed by human rights advocates to the working group on drafting proposals for amendments to the Constitution.12:55 12.02.2020
Children’s Ombudsman sends State Duma Chair proposals on post-orphanage follow-upRussia's Children Rights Ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova has sent proposals on follow-up of orphans after they leave their residential care facilities to the Chair of the lower house of the Russian Parliament Vyacheslav Volodin.10:25 12.02.2020
Supreme Court Chair defines criteria of charging entrepreneurs with creating organized gangsCharges related to organization of and membership in criminal associations were to be brought against businesspersons only if such criminal societies were established specifically with the aim to commit serious and especially serious crimes.16:17 11.02.2020
Working Group on Constitution to meet with President on February 13The working group on drafting proposals for amendments to the Constitution is to meet with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on February 13.14:23 11.02.2020
E-voting experiment may continue throughout 2020 – draft lawA bill extending a e-voting experiment for a year has reached the State Duma.11:41 07.02.2020
Putin signs bill to protect minors’ housing rights after parents’ divorce into lawPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a bill introducing new safeguards with respect to housing rights of children of divorcing couples into the Russian Family Code into law.00:08 07.02.2020
Putin signs law introducing post of Russia’s Security Council Deputy ChairPresident Vladimir Putin has signed bill establishing a new post, a Deputy Chair of the Security Council, into law.16:03 06.02.2020
Russia’s State Duma seeks to prevent overpricing at pharmaciesLawmakers of the lower house of Russia’s Parliament from the ruling United Russia party have drafted a bill aimed to prevent overpricing at drug stores, according to a vice-chair of the State Duma and the party’s parliamentary leader Sergey Neverov.12:11 06.02.2020
Senior justice of peace status must be enshrined in Russian legislation - officialThe legal status of senior magistrate judges must be formalized in federal legislation, according to Chairman of the Council of Judges of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan Roman Gafarov.13:59 05.02.2020
Punishment for minor crimes may be mitigated for convicted mothers, pregnant womenRussia’s Cabinet of Ministers submitted a bill mitigating punishment for pregnant women and women with children under the age of three years, who had committed non-serious crimes to the State Duma.11:31 05.02.2020
Putin discloses tentative timeline of preparing amendments to Russian ConstitutionPresident Vladimir Putin believes the consideration of amendments to Russia’s Constitution would take a little over 3 months.17:13 04.02.2020
Russians favor amendments to Constitution – public opinion pollThe vast majority of Russian citizens, about 80%, favour amendments to the Constitution and regard them as essential, according to the research results of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center.11:36 03.02.2020
Pension indexation regularity proposed to be specified in Russian ConstitutionA social issue subgroup of the working group on drafting proposals for the Constitution amendment discusses suggestions to specify the regularity of pension indexation, the Civic Chamber’s secretary Lydia Mikheyeva told journalists on Thursday.13:38 30.01.2020
Civic Chamber member proposes to capture society role in Russian Constitution preambleThe secretary of Russia’s Civic Chamber Lydia Mikheyeva believes it necessary to enshrine the role of civic society in the enacting clause of the Constitution.15:05 29.01.2020
Human rights advocates to discuss amendments to Russian ConstitutionThe Presidential Council for Human Rights will discuss amendments proposed by President Vladimir Putin to Russia’s Constitution on January 28, the advisory body’s Chairman Valery Fadeyev told journalists on Friday.18:04 24.01.2020