Bill on HIV-positive convicts' rights submitted to DumaThe Russian government has submitted to the State Duma a draft law that would equalize condemned HIV-positives in rights with other convicts, the government announced Friday.11:58 27.12.2013
Putin toughens punishment for encouraging underage drinkingPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a bill which toughens the criminal and administrative liability for inducing children and teenagers to drink alcoholic beverages into law. The law also increases the fines for violating the rules for selling alcohol to minors by several times.14:20 23.12.2013
No ban on “laughing gas” in Russia – drug police chiefA ban against nitrous oxide, known as the “laughuing gas,” will not be implemented in Russia as the quantities consumed are too low for it to be a considerable risk, Russian drug police chief Viktor Ivanov said at a press conference Wednesday.12:15 11.12.2013
US publishes list of Russians suspected of insurance fraudUS prosecutors announced Thursday that 49 former and current Russian diplomats and their wives have been charged in connection with a widespread health care fraud scheme.11:10 06.12.2013
Putin signs bill banning abortion advertisementPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a bill which bans the advertisement of pregnancy termination by medical services or traditional practices into law.16:55 25.11.2013
Drug addicts in Russia can be fined or jailed for evading medical treatmentPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a law giving courts the right to oblige drug addicts and drug users to receive medical treatment and also introducing administrative punishment for evading treatment and rehabilitation.16:28 25.11.2013
Ukraine rejects laws permitting Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroadOn Thursday, the Ukrainian Parliament rejected all six bills that were designed to allow Yulia Tymoshenko to receive medical treatment abroad.14:44 21.11.2013
Fines for smoking in public take effect in RussiaFines for smoking in public places came in effect on Friday. President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning smoking in public places and tobacco advertising on February 25.11:13 15.11.2013
Russian lawmakers do not rule out ban on free abortionsHead of the Russian State Duma’s healthcare committee and former Labor and Social Development minister Sergei Klashnikov opposes a ban on free abortions, but does not rule out the possibility of such a bill passing, as it aims at spending cuts.15:49 14.11.2013
Prosecutors demand closure of smoking rooms in Sheremetyevo airportA court in Moscow region on October 29 will hear the prosecutors’ lawsuit against the Sheremetyevo International Airport, in which it demands the closing of smoking rooms in the airport’s terminals.12:55 25.10.2013
French lawmakers vote to tax energy drinks - reportFrench lawmakers on Thursday voted to implement a tax on the sale of energy drinks, news channel BFM TV reports.14:44 24.10.2013
Human rights lawyers to sue UN over Haitian cholera outbreak – reportLawyers representing the interests of the victims of Haiti’s historic 2010 cholera outbreak vowed Wednesday to take the UN to court in New York in an effort to secure compensation for the thousands of lives lost and hundreds of thousands of illnesses endured as a result of the outbreak, Reuters reported Wednesday.13:34 09.10.2013
Russian surgeon stole heroin from drug mule's stomach – policeA surgeon who operated on a drugs mule in an East Siberian town stole heroin from his stomach and was detained while high, regional police said Tuesday.16:10 13.08.2013
Russian farm fined over cancer-causing vegetablesThe management of a state farm in Russia has been fined more than 11 million rubles ($330,000) for using banned hazardous pesticides to grow vegetables that it then labeled as organically grown, the regional Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday.15:43 04.07.2013
Drug users to be fined for refusing rehabThe State Duma has adopted a bill in the first reading introducing administrative liability for drug users who shirk treatment and medical and social rehabilitation.10:19 03.07.2013
Charge added to fake cancer drug caseInvestigators in Russia's Rostov Region have charged the main defendant in a case involving the distribution of fake cancer drugs with creating a criminal group, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.16:26 02.07.2013
Moscow City Court calls for faster medical examination of arrested individualsThe Moscow City Court has proposed developing a simplified procedure for Moscow hospitals to examine individuals who have been placed in custody and claim to have a serious condition, the court's Deputy Chairman Dmitry Fomin said at a roundtable on remand center medical examinations.15:28 24.06.2013
State Duma proposes mandatory risk warning for tattoo shop clientsA group of State Duma lawmakers from the Liberal-Democratic Party have proposed legislation which will require tattoo shops to warn their clients of associated health risks.16:18 24.05.2013
Ministry proposes criminal liability for trade in transplant organsThe Healthcare Ministry has proposed adding an article to the Criminal Code on liability for illegal trade in transplant organs.15:58 16.05.2013
Ambiguity in Swiss assisted suicide law constitutes rights violation – ECHRA lack of clarity in Switzerland’s assisted suicide law has risen to the level of a rights violation in the case of an elderly albeit healthy woman wishing to end her own life, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Wednesday.16:28 14.05.2013