Russian parliament approves Supreme Court mergerThe Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, approved during a session on Wednesday presidential bills aiming to reform the judiciary by merging the Supreme Court with the Supreme Commercial Court.14:24 29.01.2014
Russian senator proposes tougher liability for overlooking terror threatRussian Senator Konstantin Dobrynin has proposed criminalizing negligence by law enforcement officials in case such leads to the commission of a terrorist attack.13:38 10.01.2014
Russian authorities place billionaire ex-senator Pugachyov on wanted listThe federal Investigative Committee has placed Sergei Pugachyov, former Russian senator and founder of the bankrupted Mezhprombank, on a wanted list.11:50 26.12.2013
Federation Council passes ban of private lotteriesSenators have approved legislative amendments that ban private lotteries starting from July 1, 2014. The law stipulates that only two kinds of lotteries will be legal starting from July, the National Lottery and the International Lottery (held in two and more states, including Russia, under an international agreement with Russia).14:20 25.12.2013
Russian Upper house approves law on biometric passports with fingerprintsRussia’s Federation Council on Wednesday approved the law on issuing biometric foreign passports with fingerprints starting January 1, 2015.15:05 18.12.2013
Putin: Supreme Court merger will foster greater equality before the lawThe merger of Russia’s Supreme Court and Supreme Commercial Court will foster greater equality to the justice system, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday during his annual Federation Council address.13:38 12.12.2013
Google complies with Russian personal data protection policyGoogle has amended its Russian version of the confidentiality policy, to ensure better protection of users’ sensitive information, senator Ruslan Gattarov told the press on Monday.10:45 11.11.2013
Russian lawmakers approve bill increasing liability for terror-related actsThe Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, approved on Wednesday a presidential draft seeking to impose criminal liability for the training of terrorists and the organization of extremist and terror cells.15:30 30.10.2013
Russian Interior minister urges criminalizing promotion of animal crueltyRussian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev proposed introducing liability for those who promote cruelty toward and the abuse of animals .11:33 30.10.2013
Russian senator raises concern over photographer jailed in Greenpeace raidVadim Tulpanov, member of the Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, petitioned Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika to personally review the case of Denis Sinyakov, a prominent Russian freelance photographer who was among the Greenpeace activists detained during the now infamous raid on Gazprom’s drilling platform.12:17 29.10.2013
Russia's Upper house approves foreign jurisdiction billRussia's Upper house of parliament on Wednesday approved a bill dealing with jurisdiction over crimes committed abroad by Russian citizens or involving Russians as victims.14:11 16.10.2013
Google suspected of tax evasion in RussiaUS-based Internet giant Google is suspected of tax evasion in Russia, a senator in Russia’s upper house of parliament said Thursday. Ruslan Gattarov, head of the Information Society Committee, sent a letter on Thursday to the Federal Tax Service with a request to check the financial operations of Google AdSense advertising service.17:11 18.07.2013
MP requests inspection of Google's compliance with personal data protection lawsLawmaker Ruslan Gattarov, who heads the Federation Council's Information Policy Commission, believes that Google violates international and Russian law on personal data protection and has asked for this assumption to be checked.16:13 16.07.2013
Russian legislators propose placing pedophiles under surveillance for lifeThe Federation Council has drafted a law requiring that rapists be placed under surveillance after they have served their prison terms.15:58 12.07.2013
Foreigners may be banned from working at Sochi Olympics - reportThe Federation Council has drafted a law that will prohibit foreign nationals from working at large-scale international events in Russia.13:21 11.07.2013
Parliament allows minor debtors to travel abroadThe Federation Council on Wednesday approved a bill allowing debtors to travel abroad if their unsettled fines, taxes and other obligatory payments do not exceed 10,000 rubles ($304) in total.10:00 11.07.2013
Parliament approves law on improving counterterrorism measuresThe Federation Council on Wednesday approved the law on improving the federal counterterrorism system, with a focus on preventive measures.17:35 10.07.2013
Federation Council approves tax on expensive carsThe Federation Council has approved a bill to increase the tax on cars worth 3 million rubles ($90,690) or more. The bill has been drafted by the Finance Ministry in response to President Vladimir Putin’s state of the nation address.14:53 10.07.2013
Municipal authorities to receive share of fines paid for consumer rights violationsA group of upper house legislators have sponsored a bill proposing that 50% of every fine paid by companies for violating consumer rights which does not go into the federal coffers be divided evenly between local governments and consumer rights advocacy groups.13:07 02.07.2013
Russia's upper house proposes alternative law on NazismThe Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, has proposed a law on Nazism as an alternative to the document earlier prepared by the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament.15:11 27.06.2013