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Putin enacts bill on prison terms for online defamation into law

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a bill introducing prison sentence as punishment for online defamation into law.

14:19 30.12.2020

President Putin suspends indexation of Russian judges’ wages

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a bill suspending annual indexation of wages of Russian judges into law.

13:16 30.12.2020

Fines planned for CSPs failing to pass traffic from foreign satellites through Russian earth stations

A bill amending Russia’s Code of Administrative Offences to the effect that domestic communications service providers (CSPs) are to be fined if failing to pass traffic from foreign satellites through Russian earth-based stations has been developed, according to Chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev.

17:01 24.12.2020

State Duma introduces tougher penalties for violations of law on foreign agents

The State Duma has approved in the third and final reading a bill criminalizing willful evasion of responsibility to present documents necessary for registration as a foreign agent.

15:48 23.12.2020

Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on increased use of biometrics system

The State Duma had approved in the third and final reading a bill on increased use of the Unified Biometric Identification System, Chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev told RAPSI on Wednesday.

14:17 23.12.2020

Bill on immunity guarantees for ex-President of Russia becomes law

The Head of Russia Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a bill on immunity guarantees for former country’s Presidents into law.

17:42 22.12.2020

State Duma MPs make stride in prohibition of laughing gas propaganda

The State Duma adopted a bill fighting against propagation of free sale of exhilarant gas on Tuesday.

12:37 22.12.2020

State Duma committee backs social media moderation amendments

The State Duma Committee on Information Policy on Monday supported amendments to a bill on the social networks’ obligations to moderate banned information.

15:15 21.12.2020

Federation Council backs bill on ex-President’s immunity guarantees

The upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, on Wednesday approved a bill on immunity guarantees for former Presidents of Russia.

12:01 16.12.2020

People behind online defamation must be punished but not jailed - human rights body’s head

Chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights Valery Fadeyev believes that authors of defaming publications on the Internet must be punished with a fine but not with imprisonment.

16:28 15.12.2020

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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