Bill on organ transplants may be submitted to State Duma in 2013The Healthcare Ministry's bill on organ transplants, which envisages the establishment of a database of Russians where they will be able to express their will to donate their organs after death, might be submitted to the State Duma for consideration next year.15:14 05.12.2012
Russian anti-tobacco bill may be approved by State Duma after New YearThe anti-tobacco bill may be adopted in the first reading by the State Duma after the New Year as opposed to in December. The Duma decided to closely consider the anti-tobacco bill in accordance with regulatory standards, so that the Constitutional Court will not be able to cancel the decision in the future.16:25 28.11.2012
US Federal Court orders tobacco giants to repent for liesA US federal court ordered Philip Morris and several other major tobacco companies to issue specific and highly graphic corrective statements on five topics about which the companies had lied in recent decades.15:29 28.11.2012
Procedure for organ donation in Russia may be simplifiedA bill will shortly be submitted to the State Duma stipulating that every Russian citizen will automatically become an organ donor after their death if no refusal was made during their lifetime.11:43 28.11.2012