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Russian lawyers to train 95,000 observers for presidential elections

18:58 22/02/2012 A group of independent observers will cover all polling stations during the upcoming presidential elections, the parliament's lower house representative Pavel Krashennikov said. The group formed by the Russian Lawyers Association's Youth Movement will consist of 95,000 people.

Drug dealers to be sentenced to life

18:14 22/02/2012 The parliament's upper house approved on Wednesday a government bill enabling courts to sentence those convicted of drug trafficking and smuggling to life imprisonment.

Immigration offenders might be banned entrance for five years

16:26 22/02/2012 The Federal Migration Service has suggested banning foreigners from entering Russia for five years if they have violated migration law twice.

Medvedev facilitates salary recovery procedure for sailors

13:37 07/02/2012 President Dmitry Medvedev has endorsed Civil Code amendments giving Russian sailors an opportunity to recover their salaries and other due payments in courts at the defendant's ship location or at the ship's home port.

Photo: February 4: weekend rallies in central Moscow

11:51 07/02/2012 Over 160,000 people demonstrated in Moscow on Feb. 4.

Justice Ministry calls for tougher regulation of non-profit entities

15:22 06/02/2012 The Justice Ministry has proposed toughening legislation governing non-profit organizations and granting the authorities more power to inspect their business activities, Vladimir Titov, the head of its Non-Profit Organization Department.

Lawyers undecided on need for business commissioner

18:06 03/02/2012 Russia will have a commissioner to protect the rights of all businessmen – not only foreign investors, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. However, despite its supposed aim is to protect private capital, the initiative could produce side effects.

Putin: Russia will have businessmen's rights commissioner

16:23 02/02/2012 A businessmen's rights commissioner with a special procedural status will be established in Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

Russia needs law to regulate taxpayer activity

15:13 02/02/2012 Mikhail Mishustin, the head of the Federal Tax Service, has called for adopting a special law regulating tax consultants' activity.

Russia's ex-Finance Minister critisizes judicial reform

14:55 02/02/2012 Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who retired after a disagreement with President Dmitry Medvedev, said the authorities have failed to improve the judicial system.

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15:03 13/12/2019 Three foreign media outlets fail to comply with the ruling of an earlier Krasnodar Regional Commercial Court ruling in favor of Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska in a business reputation dispute by the deadline the court has set.

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