Russian sailors to obtain more rights to sue employersThe 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.14:10 01.02.2012
Senators urge Putin to sign children's rights treatiesThe 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.12:56 01.02.2012
Antimonopoly service allows Rio Tinto to deposit in KamchatkaThe Federal Antimonopoly Service has satisfied the Rio Tinto mining company's application to acquire 100 percent of Olkhovoye's charter capital.18:21 31.01.2012
Putin: commercial disputes to be decriminalized by 2013Prime 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.10:46 30.01.2012
Parliament ratifies pension payment to Russians living in EstoniaThe Federation Council ratified on Wednesday the Russian-Estonian agreement on cooperation in pension provision, allowing Russians living in Estonia to get Russian pension.13:26 25.01.2012
Supreme courts may obtain internal affairs functions to watch judgesSupreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov has said on Monday that he backs the idea to provide supreme courts with the internal affairs service's authority to look into corruption charges against judges.17:07 23.01.2012
Russian lawyers unite to supervise presidential electionsThe Association of Russian Lawyers intends to support the initiative to create a body of supervising lawyers titled, “For Transparent Elections,” which will act during the March 4 presidential elections, Pavel Krashennikov, the association’s chairman and the head of the Duma Committee on Legislation, told RIA Novosti.15:13 23.01.2012
Medvedev moves to restore gubernatorial electionsPresident Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma a draft law restoring direct popular elections of regional governors to terms of up to five years and enabling political parties to nominate candidates for governorships.14:10 23.01.2012
Draft law enables discharged governors to turn to courtA draft law submitted to the State Duma on Monday enables governors removed from office to appeal the decision in court and participate in new elections.16:37 16.01.2012
Russian political system reform bills may be adopted in FebruaryThe parliament's lower house speaker Sergei Naryshkin assumed at the Thursday Duma meeting that the Russian political system reform bills proposed by President Medvedev may be adopted as early as in February, even before the presidential elections.12:59 12.01.2012
Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violationsA Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.17:20 17.01.2023
Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditionsRussia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.15:29 13.01.2023
Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State DumaLawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.16:17 12.10.2022