Data of debtors and collectors to be added to special register - Russian lawRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on information relating to debtors and collectors. The law establishes that facts pertaining to the activities of persons employed by creditors to recover debts (collectors) are to be listed in the Unified Federal Register of Data on Certain Facts of Activity of Legal Entities.15:50 13.11.2019
Bill on tough sanctions of organizing illegal migration in Russia becomes lawPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a bill on tough punishment for organizing and implication in illegal obtaining by foreign citizens and stateless persons of documents required for entrance and stay in Russia into law.13:04 05.11.2019
Putin argues against excess liability of doctors working with strong painkillersExcessive criminal responsibility should be taken off doctors working with strong anesthetics, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his meeting with public members in the Kaliningrad Region on Thursday.15:55 31.10.2019
Russian MPs propose 7-year imprisonment for online drug propagandaLawmakers from Just Russia political party have submitted a bill on criminal punishment of up to 7 years in prison for online propaganda of drugs to the State Duma.14:02 30.10.2019
Putin presses for criminalization of online drug propagandaRussian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the government to draft a bill fixing criminal punishment for online inducing to drug use and propaganda of drugs.13:24 28.10.2019
New Chairman of Human Rights Council appointed in RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order designating journalist and public figure Valery Fadeyev to the post of Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights.17:07 21.10.2019
President toughens punishment for illegal catching rare animals in RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin has toughened punishment for illegal capture and sale of especially valuable wild animals and marine biological resources belonging to species listed in the Red Book.17:15 16.10.2019
Russian police authorized to hand down cautionsA bill authorizing police to give citizens official warnings has become law.16:09 16.10.2019
Putin signs bills on child recreation safety upgrade into lawPresident Vladimir Putin has signed two bills on legal regulation of organizing children’s recreation and health into law.15:27 16.10.2019
Putin proposes ratification of protocol to Council of Europe anti-terrorism conventionPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has submitted the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism to the State Duma for ratification.11:38 02.10.2019
Russian President signs bill on bailiff service into lawRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill improving the bailiff service into law. The document will come into force on January 1, 2020.09:52 02.10.2019
Russian President legislatively specifies administrative supervision orderPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a bill specifying the order of the administrative supervision over people sentenced to community service into law.16:26 01.10.2019
Bill on tax benefits for emergency victims becomes law in RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill on tax benefits for victims of terrorist attacks and natural disasters into law.10:33 30.09.2019
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
Russian President pardons convicted octogenarianRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order granting pardon to a convicted man born 1938.18:00 16.09.2019
Pilots of crash-landed Airbus awarded title of Hero of RussiaPresident Vladimir Putin on Friday signed an order awarding the title of the Hero of Russia to Damir Yusupov and Georgy Murzin, the command pilot and the second pilot of a Ural Airlines plane that crash-landed in a cornfield in the Moscow Region on Thursday.17:12 16.08.2019
Russian inmates to be allowed to work outside penal coloniesA bill on labour of non-serious crimes convicts outside penal colonies has become law.11:32 19.07.2019
Putin signs law on commencement of class action lawsuitsRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill allowing citizens to lodge class action lawsuits with general jurisdiction courts into law.09:58 19.07.2019
Oath terms set for Russian judgesPresident Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a bill establishing certain terms for Russian judges to take their oaths into law.16:05 18.07.2019
Putin improves access to Russian citizenship for Ukrainian nationalsPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree providing for possible obtaining Russian citizenship not only by residents of Donetsk and Lugansk People Republics but for all people who had earlier lived in these Ukrainian regions.10:49 18.07.2019