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French Senate approves gay marriage

11:09 10/04/2013 The upper house of the French parliament, the Senate, has approved the first and most crucial article of a draft law on gay marriage which met with fierce opposition in the predominantly Catholic country.

Finance Ministry drafts bill on foreign capital in Russian banks

15:03 09/04/2013 The Finance Ministry has drafted a bill limiting the share of foreign investments in the charter capital of Russian banks to 50%.

Media to be fined for disclosing information about child victims of crime

10:17 09/04/2013 President Vladimir Putin has signed a law prohibiting the media from disclosing information which identifies children who are victims of a crime. The fines of up to 1 million rubles ($31,640) for violating this law have been approved, reads the document added to the database of laws and regulatory documents.

State Duma to consider religious feelings protection bill

17:11 08/04/2013 On Tuesday, the State Duma will consider in the first reading a law stipulating criminal prosecution for insulting the religious feelings of others, Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said following a State Duma Council meeting on Monday.

MPs request legality check of WTO accession protocol ratification

14:01 08/04/2013 Over 100 Communist Party and A Just Russia MPs, including the party leaders, have signed a request for the Constitutional Court to check the legality of the ratification of the World Trade Organization accession protocol.

President signs law to limit temporary incapacity payments

12:44 08/04/2013 President Vladimir Putin has signed a law limiting benefits for being temporarily unfit to work, the Kremlin has announced on its website. The law was drafted after an audit of the Social Security Fund revealed excessive incapacity payments were being issued to FC Zenit players.

Putin signs law making swearing in the media illegal

11:27 08/04/2013 President Vladimir Putin has signed a law introducing fines for obscene language used in the media, the Kremlin website reports on Monday. The new federal law "introduces administrative penalties for the production and distribution of media products containing obscene language," the statement reads.

Constitutional Court allows regions to pay deputies reasonable severance packages

14:09 05/04/2013 Regional legislatures should consider the region's financial standing when awarding severance benefits to local deputies, according to a Constitutional Court ruling reported by RIA Novosti on Friday.

Russia cracks down on Internet piracy

12:42 05/04/2013 The government has instructed the agencies concerned to review the Culture Ministry's bill which proposes to allow the pretrial blocking of pirated content.

US congressman proposes 280 names to go on the Magnitsky list

12:08 05/04/2013 Jim McGovern (D-MA), one of the original sponsors of the Magnitsky Act, has forwarded the presidential administration his own list of 280 Russian officials he believes should be on the State Department's Magnitsky list.

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Russian President welcomes bill on use of geolocation data in search for missing persons

14:53 05/03/2021 President Vladimir Putin has backed an initiative permitting the use of geolocation data in order to facilitate search for missing persons.

Government brings bill on unified list of socially oriented NGOs before State Duma

15:12 05/03/2021 The Government has submitted a bill consolidating existing registers of socially oriented NGOs and NGOs of the same kind mostly affected by the coronavirus pandemic to Russia’s lower house of parliament.

Jail sentence of regional official convicted of abuse of office upheld

13:16 05/03/2021 The First Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Friday dismissed an appeal against a 2.5-year sentence passed on Andrey Kulikov, ex-head of Engels, the municipal district in Russia’s Saratov Region, for abuse of office.

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