Russian President bans extremists from running for electionPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill temporarily prohibiting persons having links to extremist and terrorist organizations to run for elections at all levels into law.13:24 04.06.2021
Government commission supports improved guarantees of jurors’ material securityThe Government Law-Making Commission has backed an initiative increasing the guarantees of material security for jurors, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Gruzdev has told RAPSI.10:23 04.06.2021
Three German organizations enter Russia’s list of undesirable NGOsThe Justice Ministry of Russia has added three German organizations in the list of foreign and international NGOs recognized as undesirable in the Russian Federation.11:01 03.06.2021
Russia’s Civic Chamber urges simplified process of employing adolescentsThe Russian Civic Chamber has prepared a number of recommendations aimed at developing a system of employment of minors.17:41 02.06.2021
Bill to empower prosecutors to represent Russia in ECHR to be heard as priorityThe State Duma Anti-Corruption Committee on Tuesday held that a draft law empowering the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts should be discussed as a matter of priority.12:49 02.06.2021
State Duma to discuss bill giving investigators right to conduct interviews by videolinkDraft amendments to the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure granting investigators the right to interview victims, specialists, experts and witnesses in criminal cases via videoconferencing means has been submitted to the lower house of the Russian parliament.10:58 02.06.2021
Bill obliging foreign IT giants to open offices in Russia passes first stage in State DumaThe State Duma passed a bill obliging foreign IT companies to open offices in Russia in the first reading on Tuesday.18:12 01.06.2021
Russian Administrative Offense Code to punish for authorizing operations with criminal propertiesThe Government Law-Making Commission has approved draft amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses establishing significant fines for financial operations and transactions involving property obtained illegally.17:46 01.06.2021
President Putin proposes to empower Prosecutor General's Office to represent Russia in ECHRRussian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to the State Duma a bill seeking to empower the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts.12:14 01.06.2021
Russian authorities to complicate rules for children traveling abroad with foreign parentsThe Government Law-Making Commission has approved an initiative prohibiting a foreign parent from traveling abroad with children being Russian citizens in the absence of the consent of the other parent.11:17 28.05.2021
State Duma Defense Committee backs ban on public identification of USSR with Third ReichThe State Duma's Defense Committee has supported a bill banning the public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II.16:20 27.05.2021
State Duma committee backs decriminalization of inadvertent drug circulation violationsThe State Duma Committee for State Construction and Legislation on Thursday recommended that lawmakers should pass a government bill on the humanization of criminal legislation in relation to persons who had committed violations of the rules for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the course of medical activities, which inadvertently entailed loss thereof.15:09 27.05.2021
Government commission backs bill on Justice Ministry’s access to bank secrecyThe Government Law-Making Commission on Thursday approved an initiative giving the Justice Ministry a right to receive the banking secrecy information from credit organizations, according to Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Gruzdev.11:14 27.05.2021
Russian MPs back tougher punishment for arms traffickingThe State Duma passed a bill toughening punishment for illegal trafficking in weapons and explosives in the first reading on Tuesday.15:59 26.05.2021
Russian government backs bill on punishment for underpayment of alimonyThe Government Law-Making Commission has approved a legislative initiative aimed at improving the system of prosecution for willful neglect to pay alimony.12:10 26.05.2021
MPs back bill banning extremists from running for State Duma electionState Duma lawmakers passed a draft law prohibiting persons having links to extremist and terrorist organizations to run for elections in the lower house of parliament in the second reading on Tuesday.15:10 25.05.2021
Russian Supreme Court backs creation of state judicial serviceThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation still backs the initiative to establish state judicial service in the country, the body’s Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said on Tuesday.11:41 25.05.2021
Bill obliging foreign IT giants to open offices in Russia reaches State DumaMembers of the State Duma IT Committee along with senator Alexander Pushkov on Friday submitted a bill obliging foreign IT companies to open offices in Russia to the lower house of parliament.16:13 21.05.2021
Russian Children Ombudsman appreciates creation of register of nonpayers of alimonyThe creation of a register of malicious defaulters of alimony can be an important step towards protecting the children's right to receive all due payments; however, the move needs to be an element of a whole package of measures, Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has said.12:25 20.05.2021
State Duma passes bill on sanctions for disclosure of data of law enforcement officersThe State Duma adopted a bill on severe punishment for disclosure of information on safety measures taken in relation to law enforcement and supervisory bodies officials and their relatives in the third and final reading on Wednesday.14:32 19.05.2021