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Russian President fixes penalties for quarantine breachs, epidemic fake news

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday enacted bills toughening punishment for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules and penalties for distributing fake news about emergencies and epidemics into law.

20:35 01.04.2020

Detention of ex-Mari El governor in bribery case extended for three months

A court in Nizhny Novgorod on Wednesday extended detention of ex-governor of Mari El Republic Leonid Markelov charged with corruption for three months.

19:19 01.04.2020

Russia’s President signs amendments restricting prosecution of businesspersons into law

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed into law legislative amendments limiting the application of a Criminal Code article defining sanctions for participation in or organization of criminal societies as concerns businesspersons as well as those mitigating punishments for forex-related crimes.

18:23 01.04.2020

Bill permitting convicts serve sentences near home becomes law

A bill allowing transfer of convicts to penitentiary facilities located near places of residence of their close relatives has become law.

17:59 01.04.2020

Ex-head of Saratov Region town sentenced to 9 years for corruption

A former head of the Saratov Region’s town of Engels Dmitry Lobanov has received 9 years in a high security penal colony for receiving a property bribe.

17:37 01.04.2020

Russian President toughens liability for e-trade in falsified medicines

President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a law toughening punishments for online trafficking in falsified and poor-quality drugs.

16:43 01.04.2020

Putin enacts punishment for violations at Constitution amendments voting

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a a bill on punishment for violations during the All-Russian voting on amendments to the Constitution into law.

16:12 01.04.2020

Russia’s Human Rights Council urges Government to assist NGOs at time of pandemic

Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has turned to the Government urging it to adopt a package of measures aimed at protecting NGOs during the coronavirus pandemic in a letter sent by the Council Chair Valery Fadeyev to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

15:14 01.04.2020

Initiative on online medicine sale adopted by Russian lawmakers

A bill on online sale of pharma drugs during epidemics and emergencies has passed its final reading in the lower house of Russian parliament.

14:09 01.04.2020

Russia's State Duma adopts repayment holiday bill amid coronavirus spread

The lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma, adopted in a final third reading on Wednesday a bill on repayment holidays drafted over the coronavirus epidemic.

13:25 01.04.2020

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