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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.

Russian sailors to obtain more rights to sue employers

14:10 01/02/2012 The Federation Council approved on Wednesday the bill allowing vessel crews to sue employers at the vessels' whereabouts rather than where the employer has a registered office.

Senators urge Putin to sign children's rights treaties

12:56 01/02/2012 The Federation Council requested on Wednesday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to take measures for Russia to sign in the first quarter of 2012 an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

Antimonopoly service allows Rio Tinto to deposit in Kamchatka

18:21 31/01/2012 The Federal Antimonopoly Service has satisfied the Rio Tinto mining company's application to acquire 100 percent of Olkhovoye's charter capital.

Putin: commercial disputes to be decriminalized by 2013

10:46 30/01/2012 Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin said it is necessary to amend the Criminal Code by early 2013 to rule out its application in commercial disputes.

Parliament ratifies pension payment to Russians living in Estonia

13:26 25/01/2012 The Federation Council ratified on Wednesday the Russian-Estonian agreement on cooperation in pension provision, allowing Russians living in Estonia to get Russian pension.

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