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Lawmakers agree with broadening Russian Cabinet’s powers at times mass diseases loom
13:43 31/03/2020
The lower house of Russian parliament on Tuesday finally adopted a a bill to vest the Cabinet of Ministers with new powers to prevent and respond to emergencies, among them threats of mass diseases outbreaks.
Russian MPs pass bill on prison terms for epidemiological rules breaching
12:22 31/03/2020
The State Duma passed in a final third reading on Tuesday a bill to toughen punishment for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules up to 7 years in prison. Amendments are proposed to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Putin signs bill fixing drug prices during emergencies into law
10:40 27/03/2020
President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill on fixing maximum allowed prices of certain medicine during emergencies or outbreaks of infections into law.
Bill broadening Government’s powers at times mass diseases loom reaches State Duma
09:33 27/03/2020
Russia’s Government has submitted to the State Duma a package of amendments to the legislation seeking to vest it with new powers to prevent and respond to emergencies, among them threats of mass diseases outbreaks.
Voting on Constitutional amendments to be postponed because of pandemic – Putin
17:19 25/03/2020
It is necessary to postpone the voting on the amendments to Russia's Constitution, President Vladimir Putin has stated in his address to the nation on the issue of the coronavirus pandemic.
Russian doctors to diagnose patients using telemedicine – bill
14:52 24/03/2020
Members of the State Duma and the Federation Council have drafted a bill enabling doctors to screen and diagnose patients as well as prescribe treatments, if necessary, using telemedicine technologies.
Probe opened into Russia’s regional health official over quarantine breach
17:09 23/03/2020
Investigators opened a probe into the external infection disease chief officer of Russia’s Stavropol Krai Irina Sannikova, who had failed to go under the 14-day coronavirus quarantine after her return from Spain.
Russia’s State Duma toughens penalties for e-trade in falsified medicines
18:32 19/03/2020
The State Duma has approved in the third and final reading a bill amending the Criminal and Administrative Offences Codes in a way toughening punishments for online trafficking in falsified and poor-quality drugs.
Putin: Constitution amending voting set for April but may be postponed for people’s health
10:34 18/03/2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order scheduling the All-Russia voting on amendments to the Constitution for April 22. However, the President has stated that the voting may be adjourned if the situation warrants it. The citizens’ health is above all else, he has said.
State Duma lawmakers back medicine overpricing prevention draft law
17:34 17/03/2020
The State Duma passed a bill on the prevention of overpricing in pharmacies in the face of an epidemic in the first reading on Tuesday.
Moskalkova seeks observance of healthcare rights of Russian prosecuted in U.S.
15:42 17/03/2020
Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has forwarded an appeal in defense of the rights of Russian man Oleg Nikitin prosecuted in U.S. on several charges to the Director of the country’s Federal Bureau Of Prisons Michael Carvaja.
Russian rights advocates seek Cabinet's support for SMA medicine public purchase bill
10:55 12/03/2020
The Presidential Council for Human Rights is set to request the Russian government to support a bill providing for possible procuration of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) medicines at public expense.
Russian ombudsman to ask Red Cross to visit pilot Yaroshenko imprisoned in U.S.
16:30 06/03/2020
Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova is going to request the Red Cross to visit pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko convicted in the U.S. of conspiracy to smuggle cocaine. The ombudsman took such a decision after a meeting with his wife and daughter.
Parents challenge placing of 5-year girl lived in perinatal center under guardianship
12:02 06/03/2020
Parents of a 5-year old girl, who had lived in a perinatal medical center since her birth, challenged a court ruling ordering to foster the child to a protection service.
Bill to prevent overpricing at Russian pharmacies reaches State Duma
13:38 03/03/2020
A draft law aimed to prevent overpricing at drug stores has been introduced into the State Duma.
Russia’s State Duma seeks to prevent overpricing at pharmacies
12:11 06/02/2020
Lawmakers of the lower house of Russia’s Parliament from the ruling United Russia party have drafted a bill aimed to prevent overpricing at drug stores, according to a vice-chair of the State Duma and the party’s parliamentary leader Sergey Neverov.
Rights of parents keeping daughter in perinatal center for years restricted
10:17 06/02/2020
Moscow’s Presnensky District Court has put limits on parental rights of a couple, who have been keeping their daughter in a city’s perinatal medical center for 5 years.
Suspended sentence given to 29 people guilty of BAD fraud
13:24 31/01/2020
The Moskovsky Ditrict Court of St. Petersburg gave suspended terms ranging from 1 to 7 years to 29 people guilty of fraudulent biologically active dietary supplement (BAD) sale to senior citizens under the guise of medicine.
Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner proposes to criminalize inadequate medical treatment
15:09 23/01/2020
Russia’s ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has proposed to include in the national Criminal Code a separate provision defining sanctions for failure to provide adeqate medical aid to patients.
Moscow fitness instructor faces trial on smuggling charges
18:01 21/01/2020
Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court will hear a criminal case against a fitness instructor charged with potent substance smuggling.
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