State Duma allows for returning evidence to owners before judgmentA government-proposed bill was passed in the second and third readings in the State Duma on Friday allowing money and valuables taken as evidence to be returned to their owners before the court judgment enters into force.14:05 18.11.2011
Standing labor arbitration tribunals may be created in RussiaThe Federation Council (Russian Parliament's upper chamber) amended Russia Labor Code on Wednesday; the amendments provide for the establishment of standing labor arbitration tribunals to investigate and resolve collective labor disputes.16:44 11.11.2011
President Medvedev wants criminal cases to be heard by one judgePresident Dmitry Medvedev has signed amendments to the Criminal Procedural Code proposing that criminal cases in district courts be heard by a single judge as opposed to a three-judge panel.16:22 08.11.2011
Supreme Court proposes rehabilitation both to people acquitted fully or partlyThe Plenum of the Supreme Court proposed on Tuesday that people who were partially acquitted by courts of grave crime charges should have the right to rehabilitation along with those who were fully acquitted15:40 08.11.2011
Constitutional Court “unpredictable,” experts sayFor the more than 20 years of its operation, the Constitutional Court of Russia has shown itself to be an independent and impartial body, a quality that prominent legal experts polled by the RAPSI Agency described as “unpredictability.”17:31 28.10.2011
Russia needs an effective and humane criminal policyIn the past 15 years, about 15 million people have been convicted in Russia, or one in every six or seven adult citizens. This state of affairs is deforming society. The amount of money that the state is pouring into the upkeep of prisons is about half the amount that goes towards schools.14:38 21.10.2011
Courts fail to comply with president’s amendments, lawyers sayThe Russian legal system has demonstrated positive trends in the scope of use of pretrial detention for criminal suspects and the accused, but this is insufficient in terms of getting down to the bottom of deep-rooted problems.09:59 20.10.2011
Аrbitral tribunal's right to enforce real estate property confirmedThe Supreme Commercial Court upheld the arbitral tribunal's decision to enforce the pledged property in the bank's lawsuit.17:56 27.09.2011
Civil law should limit freedom of parties to contractThe parties to a contract in Russia are guaranteed the maximum freedom according to contractual law, but not civil, corporate or substantive law, Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov said at the Asian and Pacific Countries Forum in Vladivostok.14:17 26.09.2011
Judicial system needs improvement - PutinRussian judicial system is no worse than the Anglo-American judicial system, but it needs to be improved, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.16:14 23.09.2011
Retrial on any groundsThe lower house of the Russian parliament proposes amendments to the Russian Legal Procedure Code. The amendments provide for the establishment of a list specifying types of newly-discovered facts upon which criminal cases may be reopened.17:38 20.09.2011
Constitutional Court to review opening cases against judgesThe Constitutional Court started on Tuesday to consider the possibility for investigative authorities to initiate criminal cases against judges who have issued unlawful rulings, unless such ruling is reversed.15:51 20.09.2011