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State Duma ratifies international child abuse convention

15:14 26/04/2013 The State Duma has approved Russia's accession to the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse during its meeting on Friday.

Lower House passes bill banning foreign accounts for officials

18:39 24/04/2013 The State Duma has approved in the third and final reading a bill prohibiting top officials, state officials, deputies and Federation Council members from holding foreign bank accounts and obligations abroad.

Medvedev: Smoking ban to save up to 200,000 lives a year

13:49 24/04/2013 Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said the ban on smoking in public places will help lower Russians' nicotine dependence and save up to 200,000 lives a year.

Security agents can now be stationed in foreign countries on a permanent basis

11:54 24/04/2013 The State Duma has adopted a presidential bill in the second and third readings which authorizes the Federal Security Service to station its employees in other countries on a permanent basis.

State Duma adopts law on parliamentary control

10:12 24/04/2013 On Tuesday the lower house adopted in the final reading the law on streamlining and expanding the State Duma and Federation Council's powers of parliamentary control. The bill was submitted by a group of MPs from both houses.

Afghan president bans films and shows contradicting Islamic law

16:13 23/04/2013 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has signed an order banning films and shows that contradict Islamic law, the government's press service announced on Tuesday.

Healthcare Ministry allows HIV-positive adults to adopt children

11:32 23/04/2013 Russia's Healthcare Ministry is prepared to allow individuals who are HIV or hepatitis positive to adopt children.

Kremlin Human Rigths Council chairman proposes scrapping NGO law

10:23 22/04/2013 Mikhail Fedotov, the chairman of the Kremlin human rights council, has proposed scrapping the law on non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

State Duma votes down ban on sending officials' children to foreign schools

15:54 19/04/2013 The State Duma has turned down a bill that prevents the children of high-ranking government officials from attending schools abroad. The act was considered as part of an initiative banning officials from owning assets abroad sponsored by President Vladimir Putin in February.

Lawmaker proposes prohibiting irresponsible attitude toward sex in media

15:21 19/04/2013 State Duma MP Oleg Mikheyev of the A Just Russia party has proposed amending the law on media to encourage constitutional, moral and spiritual values.

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President Putin proposes harmful emissions quotas for most polluted Russian regions

13:33 21/04/2021 A system envisaging assignment of quotas pertaining to harmful emissions should be extended to all cities of Russia, where the problem of air quality is acute, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted in his address to the Federal Assembly.

Russian government approves amendments as to launch of cases over embezzlement

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