Police to form IT units to combat hackersThe Interior Ministry will use the existing K-Unit as the basis for new forces to combat cyber crime, says ministry's special technological operations office head Alexei Moshkov.12:26 13.02.2012
Medvedev facilitates salary recovery procedure for sailorsPresident Dmitry Medvedev has endorsed Civil Code amendments giving Russian sailors an opportunity to recover their salaries and other due payments in courts at the defendant's ship location or at the ship's home port.13:37 07.02.2012
Medvedev: Russia accedes to convention on combating bribery of foreign officialsPresident Dmitry Medvedev said Russia has acceded to the international convention on combating the bribery of foreign public officials.16:01 01.02.2012
Medvedev sympathizes with Khodorkovsky, but sentence remains in forcePresident Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky's fate is unfortunate, but as long as his sentence stands he is considered guilty.17:25 25.01.2012
Medvedev supports idea of summing up legal practice in consumer protectionPresident Dmitry Medvedev has supported the idea of summing up legal practice in consumer protection at the Supreme Court's plenary session.10:55 17.01.2012
Draft law entitles president to discharge governors for corruption - KremlinThe president will be able to remove governors from office if they are found to be corrupt or involved in a conflict of interests. The provision is contained in draft amendments to the Law on General Principles of Organizing Legislative and Executive Authorities, which was submitted by President Dmitry Medvedev to the State Duma on Monday.14:48 16.01.2012
Medvedev counts on foreign prosecutors in combating crimePresident Dmitry Medvedev counts on foreign prosecutor's offices to combat organized crime and drug trafficking and return assets received from crimes.17:07 13.01.2012
Presidential council reports to Medvedev on amendments to combat corporate raidsHead of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has delivered to President Dmitry Medvedev a report on the implementation of legislative amendments intended to combat corporate raids.12:17 28.12.2011
Presidential council delivers YUKOS case analysis to Dmitry MedvedevHead of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov on Tuesday handed over to President Dmitry Medvedev a report on the analysis of the second YUKOS case.18:00 27.12.2011
President Medvedev proposes amendments to ease nomination in electionsPresident Dmitry Medvedev has submitted a bill to the State Duma to reduce the number of signatures required for a candidate to register for presidential elections and to relieve political parties from signatures collection to take part in parliamentary elections.11:43 23.12.2011
Judicial examination commissions to be established in Russia - MedvedevIndependent examination commissions will soon be established in Russia, President Dmitry Medvedev said during his annual state of the union address on Thursday. The commissions will be responsible for examining judge applicants.15:06 22.12.2011
Medvedev amends laws following IP Court establishmentPresident Dmitry Medvedev signed a federal law amending the laws "On the Russian Judicial System" and "On Russian Commercial Courts" due to the establishment of the so-called "patent court".14:16 09.12.2011
Medvedev brings criminal responsibility for establishing fly-by-night companiesPresident Dmitry Medvedev signed a law on criminal liability for establishing fly-by-night companies to commit crimes.17:46 07.12.2011
Medvedev signs law extending notary's actionsPresident Dmitry Medvedev has amended the Fundamental Principles of the Russian legislation by expanding the list of notary's actions.15:03 07.12.2011
Medvedev entitles bailiffs to detain debtorsPresident Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law extending the bailiffs' rights in searching for debtors. The law allows bailiffs to detain debtors escaping justice or investigation, to surrender them to the police, or to employ private detectives to search for debtors.12:32 07.12.2011
Medvedev signs business partnership legislationPresident Dmitry Medvedev has signed a federal law on the establishment of business partnerships, the Kremlin reported on Tuesday.17:12 06.12.2011
Medvedev signs law on supreme examining board for judgesPresident Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law establishing a supreme examining board for judges and procedure for electing its board members, the Kremlin reported on Tuesday.14:14 06.12.2011
Medvdedev signs third set of presidential antitrust billsPresident Dmitry Medvedev has signed the federal law on Amendments to Competition Law and some other legislative acts.11:03 05.12.2011
President approves special financing procedure for witness protection programPresident Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law adopting a special financing procedure for the security of witnesses in criminal cases, including under the government witness protection program.11:50 02.12.2011
Medvedev calls upon women to sue employers when discriminated on labor marketPresident Dmitry Medvedev has urged women not to hesitate to sue employers if they feel they are being discriminated when applying for a job.17:03 25.11.2011