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Putin appoints Business Russia NGO leader as ombudsman for entrepreneurs' rights

18:03 21/06/2012 President Vladimir Putin has appointed Business Russia NGO leader Boris Titov as the ombudsman for entrepreneurs' rights.

Over 400 illegal casinos closed in Russia

16:24 21/06/2012 Some 420 underground casinos have been closed across Russia since legislation was amended in 2009 and special gambling zones established.

Insiders in Russia to incur criminal liability

16:34 20/06/2012 The law establishing criminal liability for the unlawful use of insider information was adopted in Russia two years ago. Law No. 224-FZ has conferred heightened responsibility on the courts and has given broader powers to the Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM). Insiders may be held criminally liable as of 2013, although how well the law will work remains to be seen.

Claim to strip Communist MP of immunity filed with parliament

17:21 19/06/2012 The Investigative Committee has submitted to the State Duma a request for the approval to open a criminal case against Communist MP Vladimir Bessonov.

Russia's chief bailiff backs simplified trials

16:53 19/06/2012 Chief Bailiff Artur Parfyonchikov has called for more cases to be tried under simplified procedure. He added that the respective draft law has already been prepared.

New anti-tobacco law to increase lifespan in Russia

14:03 19/06/2012 The new anti-tobacco law will help increase the average lifespan, Professor Alexander Chuchalin believes.

US Senate's "Magnitsky" bill won’t affect Russian business - Mordashov

11:21 19/06/2012 If the"Magnitsky" bill is passed by the United States, it will not affect Russian business, Severstal head Alexei Mordashov says.

Financing cut for Russia's judicial system development program

18:14 18/06/2012 Financing for scientific activities under the federal targeted program for judicial system development will be reduced twofold this year.

Moscow losing up to $3 bln due to law on transfer pricing

10:52 18/06/2012 The law on transfer pricing, under which the Federal Tax Service controls transactions between interdependent individuals, came into effect on January 1, 2012.

Paroled criminals to pay compensation to victims

16:20 15/06/2012 The government has submitted to the State Duma a draft law obliging prisoners released on parole to compensate the damage to their victims.

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Defense Ministry ordered to pay $60k to mother of soldier killed by tank fire

15:58 04/06/2020 A court in the Leningrad Region obliged Russia’s Defense Ministry to pay 4 million rubles (about $60,000) to the mother of a common soldier Andrey Vittikh, who had died from tank fire during army exercises because of the command officers’negligence.

Finalized bill permitting to make labor contracts distantly reaches Russia’s State Duma

17:44 04/06/2020 A new refined version of a bill setting forth requirements pertaining to distant intercommunications between employers and employees, in particular those relating to labor contracts made, or vacation request letters and resignation notices submitted via internet has reached the lower house of Russia’s parliament.

Suspect in case over fuel spillage disaster in Russia’s North detained until July 31

15:10 04/06/2020 The Krasnoyarsk Krai Court on Thursday ordered a chief of the boiler-and-turbine floor of a heat and power plant in Russia’s northern town Norilsk to be put in detention until July 31 as part of a case over disaster resulted in the fuel spillage into a local stream and river Ambarnaya.

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