Duma supports pretrial blocking of illegal video contentThe State Duma on Friday voted in favor of amendments to the "piracy bill" introducing pretrial blocking of pirated video content.13:22 21.06.2013
US may sanction Russia and China for human traffickingSanctions may be placed on Russia, China and Uzbekistan, whose rating in the US State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons report has been downgraded to Tier 3, the lowest rank.13:21 20.06.2013
Justice minister against preventive inspections of NGOsThe best approach is to hold specific inspections that follow up leads rather than preventive inspections of NGOs, Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov said during a meeting with State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin on Wednesday.16:59 19.06.2013
Russian MPs ordered to declare foreign assets by July 1State Duma deputies are to submit declarations of their foreign assets to the incomes monitoring commission by July 1, even though the law prohibiting officials from holding foreign bank accounts will only come into force on August 7.14:29 19.06.2013
Putin: Russia will draw up a national plan to deal with tax havensRussia will draw up a national plan to deal with offshore tax havens, President Vladimir Putin said at news conference following the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.10:31 19.06.2013
Justice minister admits no NGO may ever be put on foreign agent listJustice Minister Alexander Konovalov has not ruled out that the list of NGOs registered as foreign agents will remain empty, as he spoke at a meeting of the Presidential Council on Human Rights.15:54 18.06.2013
Smokers and non-smokers to be separated in Russian prisonsThe Federal Penitentiary Service plans to separate smokers and non-smokers in prisons and other detention facilities, Valery Trofimov, who heads the service's department for social, psychological and educational work with inmates, told reporters on Tuesday.15:24 18.06.2013
Russian Duma on its way to approving gay adoption banRussia's lower house of parliament has approved amendments in the second reading to a government bill which prohibit the adoption of Russian children by same-sex couples.12:54 18.06.2013
Draft resolution obliging MPs to declare their expenses submitted to DumaA draft resolution obliging deputies to declare their expenses by July 1, in accordance with a presidential decree, has been submitted to the State Duma.10:03 14.06.2013
Lower house bans single foreigners from adopting Russian childrenRussian legislators have drafted amendments to the Family Code, banning the adoption of Russian children by gay couples, as well as by single individuals living in countries where same-sex marriages are legal.12:12 13.06.2013
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