Russian parliament to consider penalties for illegal abortionOn June 18, the State Duma will hold a second reading of a bill on penalties for illegal abortion. The date was proposed by a committee for the Chamber on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building.16:32 09.06.2014
Tax officials could be fined for damages and losses they cause to taxpayersTax officials could be fined for damages and losses they have caused to innocent individuals, read the amendments to the Administrative Offenses Code that were submitted to the State Duma on Monday, the lower house has written on its website.14:57 09.06.2014
State Duma to hear bill on daylight savings time on June 10The State Duma will hold the first hearing of a daylight savings time bill on June 10. Under the bill, “Moscow time” would be designated as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) plus three hours, and time zones in Russia would be based on UTC time zones.14:14 09.06.2014
Politkovskaya murder mastermind and killer sentenced to lifeThe Moscow City Court on Monday sentenced Lom-Ali Gaitukayev and Rustam Makhmudov to life in prison for the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.12:20 09.06.2014
Deportation order upheld for Polish rock band BehemothThe Sverdlovsk Regional Court has rejected an appeal filed by Behemoth, a Polish rock band, against a court decision to deport the musicians for breaching visa regulations, according to the court’s website.11:53 09.06.2014
Russian lawmakers demand investigation of RusnanoA group of State Duma lawmakers have sent a letter to Prosecutor General Yury Chaika demanding that he order an investigation of the state corporation Rusnano and its chief executive, Anatoly Chubais, Izvestia newspaper writes on Monday, citing the letter.11:26 09.06.2014
Crimea Deputy Prime Minister to sue Dow Jones for using his name in adFirst Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Crimea, Rustam Temirgaliyev, will sue Dow Jones & Company for mentioning his last name in a print ad in The Wall Street Journal, Izvestia reports Monday.10:55 09.06.2014
Fakes uncovered in late oligarch Berezovsky’s art collection - reportInvestigators have discovered that 19 of the paintings in the £50 million ($84 million) art collection of the late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky are fakes.10:16 09.06.2014
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