Bill on animal abuse content blocking brought before State DumaChief of the State Duma committee on ecology and environmental management Vladimir Burmatov has submitted a bill envisaging pretrial blocking of online content containing scenes of cruelty to animals to the lower house of Russian parliament.12:01 14.10.2019
Russian MPs propose biometric identification for microloan borrowersA group of the United Russia lawmakers has submitted a bill banning microfinance organizations from transferring microloan funds to clients without biometric identification of borrowers to the State Duma.14:00 10.10.2019
Russian government seeks better protection of minors’ housing rights in divorce rulesThe Russian government has presented a bill introducing new safeguards with respect to housing rights of children of divorcing couples into the Russian Family Code, to the State Duma.11:55 09.10.2019
Bill on tougher punishment for sending prohibited parcels to prisoners rejectedThe State Duma on Tuesday threw a bill increasing fines for sending parcels containing prohibited items to prisoners and detainees.17:15 08.10.2019
Convicted orphans may be relieved from reimbursement of household costs - billLawmakers from the United Russia party have submitted a bill on certain benefits for convicted orphaned children to the State Duma.17:37 04.10.2019
Russian government proposes tougher penalties for illegal private security activityRussian government has submitted a bill toughening punishment for illegal private security activities to the State Duma.12:59 03.10.2019
State Duma proposes compensations to defrauded members of housing cooperativesRussia’s State Duma is to discuss a bill envisaging payments to members of housing construction associations created in the course of bankruptcies of housing project developers prior to the completion of construction of problem-plagued apartment blocks.17:45 01.10.2019
Russian parliament to discuss amended procedure governing import of narcotic medicinesA group of senators and lawmakers of Russia’s parliament has prepared amendments aimed to improve the national system of medicine provision, according to Andrey Isayev, the head of the mixed deputy group working on this topic.12:59 01.10.2019
Bill on child recreation safety upgrade adopted by Russia’s State DumaThe State Duma adopted a government bill to improve regulation of organizing children’s recreation and health in the third and final reading on Thursday.17:25 26.09.2019
State Duma adopts bill on search for missing persons by geolocation in first readingState Duma lawmakers have adopted in the first reading a bill aimed to amend the law so as to facilitate searches for missing persons with the use of geolocation data stored in their mobile devices.14:02 26.09.2019
Russia’s pharmacies may be permitted resume preparation of medicinesA bill envisaging that pharmacies in Russia are to be allowed to resume preparation of medicines registered in the country has been submitted to the State Duma.14:07 25.09.2019
Bill on tax benefits for terrorism and natural disasters victims passed by State DumaRussia’s State Duma adopted a bill on tax benefits for citizens, who had suffered from terrorist attacks, natural disasters and other emergency situations in the third and final reading on Wednesday.12:46 25.09.2019
State Duma lawmakers back initiative to ban terrorism suspects from founding NGOsThe lower house of Russian parliament passed a bill prohibiting terrorism suspects from founding NGOs and participating in them in the first reading on Tuesday.16:12 24.09.2019
Punishment for illegal catching rare animals to be toughened in RussiaA bill to toughen punishment for illegal capture and sale of especially valuable wild animals and marine biological resources belonging to species listed in the Red Book has passed its third and final reading in the State Duma.14:06 24.09.2019
State Duma MPs pass bill authorizing police to hand down cautionsThe lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma, adopted a bill authorizing police to give citizens official warnings in a final third reading on Tuesday.13:30 24.09.2019
Russian MPs propose to isolate convicted crime bosses from other prisonersA group of Russian MPs submitted a bill on separate confinement of people convicted of occupying a top position in the criminal hierarchy to the State Duma.12:49 23.09.2019
State Duma backs tax benefits for emergency and terrorism victimsThe lower house of Russian parliament passed a bill on tax benefits for people, who had suffered from terrorist attacks, natural disasters and other emergency situations.17:12 19.09.2019
Bill on bailiff service adopted by Russia’s State DumaThe State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament, has adopted a bill improving the bailiff service in a final third reading.16:19 19.09.2019
Russia’s State Duma passes bill on unified federal data resource in first readingThe State Duma has passed a bill on the unified federal information resource of data on the country’s nationals.16:01 17.09.2019
Russian MPs reject initiative on ombudsman for rights of disabled personsThe lower house of Russian parliament on Thursday rejected a bill to establish the institution of ombudsman defending the rights of disabled persons in Russia.15:36 12.09.2019