President signs bill on sanctions for censorship of Russian media outlets into lawRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill envisaging restriction of access to Internet resources censoring Russian media outlets into law.15:33 30.12.2020
Putin enacts bill on prison terms for online defamation into lawRussia’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a bill introducing prison sentence as punishment for online defamation into law.14:19 30.12.2020
President Putin suspends indexation of Russian judges’ wagesPresident Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a bill suspending annual indexation of wages of Russian judges into law.13:16 30.12.2020
Fines planned for CSPs failing to pass traffic from foreign satellites through Russian earth stationsA bill amending Russia’s Code of Administrative Offences to the effect that domestic communications service providers (CSPs) are to be fined if failing to pass traffic from foreign satellites through Russian earth-based stations has been developed, according to Chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev.17:01 24.12.2020
State Duma introduces tougher penalties for violations of law on foreign agentsThe State Duma has approved in the third and final reading a bill criminalizing willful evasion of responsibility to present documents necessary for registration as a foreign agent.15:48 23.12.2020
Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on increased use of biometrics systemThe State Duma had approved in the third and final reading a bill on increased use of the Unified Biometric Identification System, Chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev told RAPSI on Wednesday.14:17 23.12.2020
Bill on immunity guarantees for ex-President of Russia becomes lawThe Head of Russia Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a bill on immunity guarantees for former country’s Presidents into law.17:42 22.12.2020
State Duma MPs make stride in prohibition of laughing gas propagandaThe State Duma adopted a bill fighting against propagation of free sale of exhilarant gas on Tuesday.12:37 22.12.2020
State Duma committee backs social media moderation amendmentsThe State Duma Committee on Information Policy on Monday supported amendments to a bill on the social networks’ obligations to moderate banned information.15:15 21.12.2020
Federation Council backs bill on ex-President’s immunity guaranteesThe upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, on Wednesday approved a bill on immunity guarantees for former Presidents of Russia.12:01 16.12.2020
People behind online defamation must be punished but not jailed - human rights body’s headChairman of Russia’s Presidential Council for Human Rights Valery Fadeyev believes that authors of defaming publications on the Internet must be punished with a fine but not with imprisonment.16:28 15.12.2020
Tougher punishment proposed for bankruptcy related violationsThe Government Law-Making Commission has considered an initiative toughening punishment for certain crimes related to the bankruptcy of financial organizations.11:37 15.12.2020
Bill on prison terms for online defamation submitted to State DumaA bill introducing prison sentence as punishment for online defamation has reached the State Duma.10:49 15.12.2020
Russian Interior Ministry drafts document on voluntary DNA registrationThe Russian Interior Ministry is developing a draft decree on the voluntary genome registration.16:27 11.12.2020
Russia’s Government Law-Making Commission backs bill on rescuers’ justified riskThe Government Law-Making Commission has approved adjusting of the law on accident rescue service and status of rescuers as to the concept definition of justified risk.12:54 10.12.2020
Bill on individual foreign agent status passes first reading in State DumaThe lower house of Russian parliament passed a bill envisaging that individuals engaged in political activities or collection of information in the military-technical sphere may be granted the foreign agent status if receiving financing from abroad in the first reading on Wednesday.16:02 09.12.2020
Russian Prosecutor General proposes not to apply court fines to corrupt officialsRussian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov proposed legislative amendments limiting the use of judicial fines against corrupt officials during the anti-corruption coordinative meeting of law enforcement on Wednesday.13:49 09.12.2020
Bill on remote work enacted into law in RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill amending Russia’s Labor Code to the effect that it contained and regulated three types of teleworking and temporary remote work into law on Tuesday.14:30 08.12.2020
Russian Council of Judges backs bill on suspension of judicial wage indexationThe Presidium of the Council of Judges on Tuesday backed a bill suspending annual indexation of wages of Russian judges.12:16 08.12.2020
Russia’s Civic Chamber urges legislative regulation of fertility treatment and surrogacyRussia’s Civic Chamber has developed recommendations concerning provision of specialized medical care such as assisted reproductive technologies (ART), in vitro fertilization (IVF), and surrogate maternity; the proposals are based on the public hearings hosted by the Chamber this July.15:38 07.12.2020