Falsification of product labeling to be criminalized in Russia - bill
The Government Law-Making Commission has approved amendments to the Russian Criminal Code introducing liability for falsification of the labeling of goods, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Gruzdev informs RAPSI.
Bill on professional defense discretion drafted in Russia
The Government Law-Making Commission has considered a drafted bill on the introduction of the professional discretion notion in defense.
Bill on length of investigated persons' stay in psychiatric hospitals reaches State Duma
The Government has submitted to the State Duma a bill setting the time frame for which a person in custody is to be temporarily placed in a medical institution that provides psychiatric care.
Russia’s Cabinet approves bill on compensations to foreigners stranded in emergency zones
The Government Commission on Legislative Drafting has approved an initiative on granting the right to receive compensation payments to foreign citizens and stateless persons who have found themselves stranded in emergency zones.
Rules for submitting investigated persons to mental treatment to be codified in Russia
The Government Commission on Legislative Drafting has considered draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, which clearly define rules for sending persons under investigation to psychiatric hospitals.
Presidential, parliamentary nominees posts to be obliged to declare cryptocurrency deals
The Government Law-Making Commission has considered an initiative on the obligatory declaring of cryptocurrency dealings for presidential nominees, parliamentary and governor candidates.
Russia’s Cabinet to discuss bill on sale of properties through electronic tendering
The Government Law-Making Commission is working on an initiative to sell seized properties of debtors exclusively by the way of online tendering.
Organizations to face fines for industrial disaster data hiding – bill
The Government Law-Making Commission has backed a draft law envisaging fines for hiding information on technogenic accidents dangerours for environment.
Failures to pay EAEU duties to be criminalized – bill
The Government's Law-Making Commission has examined an initiative to criminalize non-payment of special, antidumping, and equalizing duties introduced by the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Government commission backs humanization of criminal responsibility for doctors
The Government Law-Making Commission has approved a bill on the humanization of criminal responsibility for healthcare workers.
Fines planned for CSPs failing to pass traffic from foreign satellites through Russian earth stations
A bill amending Russia’s Code of Administrative Offences to the effect that domestic communications service providers (CSPs) are to be fined if failing to pass traffic from foreign satellites through Russian earth-based stations has been developed, according to Chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev.
Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on increased use of biometrics system
The State Duma had approved in the third and final reading a bill on increased use of the Unified Biometric Identification System, Chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev told RAPSI on Wednesday.
Russia’s Government Law-Making Commission backs bill on rescuers’ justified risk
The Government Law-Making Commission has approved adjusting of the law on accident rescue service and status of rescuers as to the concept definition of justified risk.
Russia's Cabinet backs Supreme Court initiative on perpetual tenure for justices of peace
A Governmental Commission has backed a bill developed by Russia’s Supreme Court, which envisages that the terms in office of justices of the peace should be indefinite; currently, a package of these amendments is being readied for the second reading in the State Duma.
Government’s commission backs bill on collection of suspects' DNA
The Government Law-Making Commission has backed an initiative to extend DNA sample collection to all suspected criminals.
Russian Lawyers Association’s chair proposes to develop new drafts of legal codes
Chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev proposed to develop a new draft of the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code during the Stolypin Forum’s business protection session on Wednesday.