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State Duma committee supports ban on Americans adopting Russian children

10:38 18/12/2012 The State Duma Committee for Constitutional Legislation and Nation Building has supported an amendment on banning the adoption of Russian children by Americans in the so-called Dima Yakovlev laws, which was Russia's response to the Magnitsky Act adopted in the United States.

Russian lawmakers to consider response to Magnitsky Act on December 19

15:57 17/12/2012 The State Duma will consider a bill on measures against U.S. citizens who have violated the rights of Russians in the second reading on December 19.

US gun laws under fire in aftermath of deadly school shooting

18:58 15/12/2012 20-year-old Adam Lanza opened fire on students and teachers in a small town Connecticut elementary school Friday, killing 20 children and six adults. His mother’s body was discovered in her Newton, Connecticut home, and Lanza apparently died by his own hand on the scene, bringing the death toll up to 28.

Grand theft auto liability be toughened in Russia

16:48 14/12/2012 St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly deputies have proposed amending the Criminal Code article on toughening the punishment for stealing cars.

State Duma to consider new Ponzi scheme punishment

13:46 14/12/2012 State Duma lawmakers have drafted a bill stipulating up to ten year imprisonment and large fines for organizing a new generation of financial pyramids where sources of future payments are not concealed; the bill may be considered during the house's spring session.

Duma adopts law revoking licenses for repeated wrong-lane driving

11:51 12/12/2012 The State Duma has passed a law in its second and third reading which revokes drivers of their licenses for repeatedly driving on an oncoming lane and also cancels the fines for the absence of powers-of-attorney.

UK government bans same-sex Church of England weddings

10:44 12/12/2012 The Church of England and Church in Wales will be banned from holding same-sex weddings on a legislative level, but other religious organizations can make their own decisions on this.

Russian MP drafts bill on curtailing negative information on TV

14:53 11/12/2012 State Duma lawmaker and A Just Russia Party member Oleg Mikheyev has put forward a law to limit the volume of negative information in the media, for instance, news on disasters or terrorist acts, to 30 percent and punishing the violation of this by an imprisonment term of up to six years.

Russia's legal service standards must be reformed - MCBA chairman

12:39 11/12/2012 The system of rendering legal services in Russia needs to be reformed, Chairman of the Moscow City Bar Association (MCBA) Henry Reznik said at the "Dialogues on the Future" Second International Legal Congress.

Rules of psychological selection for joining police approved

11:26 11/12/2012 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved the rules for the professional psychological selection of candidates looking to join the police.

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