Law & Legislation

Government to enforce private pension fund fraud law - Medvedev

The government plans to approve a bill imposing sanctions on private pension funds that transfer pension savings under their control through fraudulent practices, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a government meeting on Thursday.

15:34 11.04.2013

Nuclear threats and international law: a complicated relationship

If North Korea makes good on its threats of nuclear warfare, international law will likely be the last thing on anyone’s mind. The nuclear sparring match presently bouncing back and forth the Pacific begs the question: can international law pass muster to the threat of nuclear warfare? In an effort to create a David that could prove formidable in the face of the nuclear giant, the UN and ICJ focused in great depth on this very issue in the direct aftermath of the Cold War.

17:56 10.04.2013

Russia to liberalize supervision of foreign investment

The government has forwarded a bill to the State Duma to liberalize the supervision of foreign investment and to lift administrative barriers which hinder foreign investment.

13:11 10.04.2013

State Duma adopts bill banning abortion ads

The State Duma has adopted a Healthcare Ministry sponsored bill in the first reading which bans the advertisement of pregnancy termination by medical services or traditional practices.

11:56 10.04.2013

French Senate approves gay marriage

The upper house of the French parliament, the Senate, has approved the first and most crucial article of a draft law on gay marriage which met with fierce opposition in the predominantly Catholic country.

11:09 10.04.2013

Finance Ministry drafts bill on foreign capital in Russian banks

The Finance Ministry has drafted a bill limiting the share of foreign investments in the charter capital of Russian banks to 50%.

15:03 09.04.2013

Media to be fined for disclosing information about child victims of crime

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law prohibiting the media from disclosing information which identifies children who are victims of a crime. The fines of up to 1 million rubles ($31,640) for violating this law have been approved, reads the document added to the database of laws and regulatory documents.

10:17 09.04.2013

State Duma to consider religious feelings protection bill

On Tuesday, the State Duma will consider in the first reading a law stipulating criminal prosecution for insulting the religious feelings of others, Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said following a State Duma Council meeting on Monday.

17:11 08.04.2013

MPs request legality check of WTO accession protocol ratification

Over 100 Communist Party and A Just Russia MPs, including the party leaders, have signed a request for the Constitutional Court to check the legality of the ratification of the World Trade Organization accession protocol.

14:01 08.04.2013

President signs law to limit temporary incapacity payments

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law limiting benefits for being temporarily unfit to work, the Kremlin has announced on its website. The law was drafted after an audit of the Social Security Fund revealed excessive incapacity payments were being issued to FC Zenit players.

12:44 08.04.2013

Top news

Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025