Russia’s lower house adopts bill on decriminalization of economic crimes in first readingThe State Duma, the Russian Parliament lower house, has adopted in the first reading the bill on decriminalization of economic crimes.11:45 15.06.2016
Russian lower house adopts bill on news aggregatorsThe State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, has passed in the third and final reading a bill that would regulate distribution of information by news aggregators.17:11 10.06.2016
State Duma passes bill clamping down on graft in sports in first readingThe State Duma has passed in the first reading a bill that increases legal liability for organization of fixed matches and attempts to influence the results of sporting contests through graft.10:27 08.06.2016
State Duma passes bill expanding jury trial in RussiaThe State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, adopted in the third and final reading on Tuesday a presidential bill that would expand practice of jury trials.17:43 07.06.2016
Russian government proposes to criminalize unlicensed gamblingRussian government has submitted a bill to the State Duma introducing criminal punishment for organization of unlicensed gambling activities out of specialized gaming zones.16:56 07.06.2016
Bill on prevention of corruption during public procurement to be reviewed by State DumaRussian government has introduced a bill on prevention of corruption and inefficient use of funds during the public procurement into the State Duma.10:59 07.06.2016
State Duma Committee to review bill on veteran status for participants of operation in SyriaThe State Duma Committee for labor, social politics and veteran affairs is going to review governmental bill on status of veteran for members of Russian military who participated in the military operation in Syria.11:50 06.06.2016
State Duma committee supports bill on tightened criminal liability for corruptionThe State Duma Committee for civil, criminal, arbitration and procedural legislation has recommended that the lawmakers pass the Presidential bill that would toughen criminal liability for corruption-related crimes.13:56 03.06.2016
President Putin proposes penalties for fraudulent contract breachRussian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill to the State Duma that would introduce punishment for fraud associated with premeditated breach of business contracts.12:15 27.05.2016
Russian MPs propose property forfeiture as punishment for embezzlementLawmakers from the United Russia party, Igor Igoshin and Nadezhda Shaidenko, have submitted a bill to the lower house of parliament that would allow seizure of assets belonging to individuals found guilty of embezzlement.17:32 26.05.2016
President Putin suggests tightening criminal liability for corruptionRussian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill to the State Duma that would toughen criminal liability for corruption-related crimes.11:35 24.05.2016
Russian lower house adopts bill on protection of military judgesThe State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, passed in both the second and third reading on Friday a bill that would authorize military police to ensure security of military judges and members of their families.17:26 13.05.2016
Putin signs law on unseating legislators for missing sessionsRussian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that unseats Russian lawmakers from their positions for failing to meet their obligations for more than 30 days.10:43 04.05.2016
Russian government approves bill regulating major dealsRussian government has approved a bill improving mechanism of major deals and interested party transactions’ regulation and ordered the legislation to be submitted to the State Duma.13:40 29.04.2016
Federation Council approves bill on deprivation of mandates for absent MPsThe Federation Council of Russia on Wednesday approved a bill that deprives Russian lawmakers from their positions for failing to meet their obligations for more than 30 days.15:39 27.04.2016
Russian lawmakers propose to extend capital amnesty until June 2017A group of lawmakers representing the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) submitted to the State Duma a bill that would extend “capital amnesty” until June 30, 2017.18:06 21.04.2016
Russian senator proposes ban on using figures and symbols in namesValentina Petrenko, member of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, has submitted a bill to the State Duma that would prohibit the use of figures, symbols, abbreviation and obscene words in names.16:35 21.04.2016
Bill on blocking websites with information on psychedelic drugs reaches State DumaRussian government has submitted a bill to the State Duma on restriction of access to websites containing information on new potentially dangerous psychoactive substances.12:34 21.04.2016
State Duma adopts bill amending foreign agents lawThe State Duma adopted amendments to the NGO foreign agents law aimed at clarifying the terms of political activity in the first reading on Wednesday.17:51 20.04.2016
State Duma Committee approves bill expanding jury trial in RussiaThe State Duma Committee for Civil, Criminal, Commercial and Procedural Law has recommended that the lower house pass in the first reading on April 22 a presidential bill that would expand practice of jury trials.11:53 18.04.2016