Bill to protect children of detained parents reaches Russia's State DumaA bill envisaging that the duty to apply interim measures aimed at protection of children whose parents are arrested or are in detention for the time of investigation of criminal cases is to be imposed on investigators and interrogators has been submitted to the State Duma.12:57 21.10.2020
Rally participants may be allowed to wear masks – Russian lawmakersAn action group of seven Russia’s State Duma lawmakers has developed a bill envisaging that participants of rallies are to be allowed to wear masks in cases where high alert or emergency rules are enacted.17:09 20.10.2020
Over 150 laws to be changed to implement amendments to Russian Constitution – MPMore than 150 legislative acts are to be changed in the course of implementation of the amendments made to the Russian Constitution, Co-Chair of the Group for Monitoring the Implementation of Constitutional Changes Pavel Krasheninnikov informs on Friday.16:03 16.10.2020
Activities of foreign IT companies need to be legislatively regulated – Russia’s Civic ChamberProvisions envisaging regulation of foreign IT companies operating in the territory of Russia need to be incorporated in Russian laws, First Deputy Chair of the Civic Chamber’s Commission for Examination of Legislative Initiatives Artem Kiryanov believes.14:01 16.10.2020
Putin humanizes treatment of tax offences in RussiaPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a law envisaging that defendants charged with tax offences are not to be held criminally liable in cases where they have repaid the amounts in question in the course of court proceedings.16:03 15.10.2020
Bill on fines for failures to remove banned materials from sites passed in first readingRussia’s State Duma has passed in the first reading a bill envisaging amendment of the Code of Administrative Offences as to introduction of severe administrative fines for refusals to restrict access to or remove banned content from the Internet.14:31 15.10.2020
Bill on prison sentence for bribing arbitrators approved by Russian State DumaRussia’s State Duma has approved in the third and final reading a bill on criminal punishment, including long prison terms, for bribing an arbitrator.15:48 13.10.2020
State Duma passes bill on Constitutional Court powers in first readingThe lower house of Russian parliament on Tuesday passed a bill on powers and formation order of the country’s Constitutional Court in the first reading.14:59 13.10.2020
Governmental commission backs bill on Russia’s regional ombudsmenMembers of the governmental lawmaking commission on Monday anonymously supported a bill on regional ombudsmen.13:19 12.10.2020
Russian Supreme Court to submit new criminal misdemeanor bill to lower house of parliamentThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation plans to bring a new bill on criminal misdemeanor before the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.12:11 09.10.2020
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