Upper house of Russian parliament agrees to microloan amendmentsThe upper house of parliament, Russia’s Federation Council, on Friday supported a bill prohibiting microfinance companies from providing home equity credits.19:01 26.07.2019
St. Petersburg emergencies official suspected of receiving $32k bribeInvestigators have opened a criminal case against a chief of Russia’s Emergencies Ministry’s St. Petersburg Main Department suspected of extorting a 2-million-ruble bribe ($32,000).18:23 26.07.2019
Crowdfunding regulation bill gets Federation Council’s approvalA draft law on crowdfunding regulation has got the green light from the upper house of Russian parliament.17:15 26.07.2019
Vostochny bank seeks seizure of over 41% shares belonging to Baring VostokVostochny bank has filed an application seeking 41.6 per cent of its stock belonging to Evison Holdings Limited, the Cypriot structure of Baring Vostok, to be seized.16:58 26.07.2019
Bank demands over $120 mln from troubled Russian refineryPromsvyazbank has lodged a claim to include the Antipinsky oil refinery’s 7.7-billion-ruble debt (over $120 million) to the financial organization in the creditors’ list.16:17 26.07.2019
Russian senators lobby for penalties for breaking drug cropping rulesMembers of the Federation Council on Friday backed an initiative to punish violators of rules of cultivating plants containing drugs or psychoactive substances by up to 3 years in prison.15:20 26.07.2019
Spying devices draft law approved by upper house of Russian parliamentThe Federation Council, the upper house of Russian parliament, on Friday approved a bill aimed at a more precise definition of special technical means designed for covert collection of information.14:46 26.07.2019
Federation Council approves creation of child adopters blacklistThe Federation Council approved a bill creating a special register of bad faith adoptive parents and guardians on Friday.13:38 26.07.2019
Two regional officials investigated over alleged abuse of officeA former deputy chairman of the government of Russia’s Astrakhan Region Rasul Sultanov and the region’s finance minister Vitaly Shvedov have fallen under investigation on suspicion of abuse of office.12:59 26.07.2019
Head bailiff of Russia’s Perm Krai detained on bribery allegationsThe head bailiff of Russia’s Perm Region Igor Kozhevnikov has been put in detention as part of a 1-million-ruble ($16,000) bribery case.11:52 26.07.2019
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