State Duma committee backs bill granting foreign agent status to individualsThe State Duma Committee on Security and Combating Corruption has recommended that the lawmakers should pass in the first reading a draft law 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.15:22 03.12.2020
Russia’s Government approves bill improving system of support of large familiesThe Governmental Law-Making Commission has approved an initiative envisaging expanded range of uses of payments intended to improve living conditions of multi-children families.14:14 02.12.2020
Bill on taxation of cryptocurrency circulation reaches State DumaRussia’s Government has submitted a bill envisaging that cryptocurrencies are to be recognized as property and regulating taxation in the sphere of circulation of digital currencies to the lower house of the Parliament.16:38 01.12.2020
Bill banning officials from having dual citizenship reaches Russia’s State DumaRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill prohibiting people having a dual citizenship or foreign residence permit from holding public offices to the State Duma.11:11 01.12.2020
Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on types of remote workThe State Duma adopted a bill amending Russia’s Labor Code to the effect that it contained and regulated three types of teleworking and temporary remote work in the third and final reading on Thursday.14:58 26.11.2020
Current sanctions for libel do not meet modern threats – expertThe current assessment of danger posed to the society by actions, which can ruin lives of the concrete people, destabilize public order, and cause public outrage through dissemination of certain information, has become absolutely obsolete, Doctor of Jurisprudence, Professor, Chair of the Moscow Lomonosov University Department of Criminal Process Leonid Golovko believes.17:52 24.11.2020
Bill envisaging fines for failures to ensure Runet security reaches State DumaA bill seeking to introduce administrative liability for failures to ensure secure and stable functioning of the internet over the territory of the Russian Federation in case its national section known as Runet is isolated from the global network has been submitted the State Duma.12:47 24.11.2020
Stiffer fines proposed for disobedience to orders of Russian policeLawmaker from the United Russia party Dmitry Vyatkin has submitted a bill on stiffer administrative fines for insubordination to law enforcement officers to the State Duma.17:11 23.11.2020
Russia’s President signs law raising tax on yearly personal incomes over $66,000 by 2%Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill envisaging a raise in the rate of the personal income tax from 13% to 15% for citizens, whose incomes exceed 5 million rubles (about $66,000) a year.16:43 23.11.2020
Government approves legislative amendments on powers of Russia’s subjectsThe Russian Government has approved amendments to the legislation concerning control over efficiency and quality of exercising of powers delegated to state authorities of Russia’s subjects by the Russian Federation.11:47 23.11.2020
Bill on 3-day term for removal of personal data from social media reaches State DumaA bill on publicly available personal data entitles citizens the right to specify the duration of a period within which such data is permitted to be processed, according to the author of the document, member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Anton Gorelkin.15:57 20.11.2020
Russia’s Ombudsman urges international act on responsibilities of states among pandemicIt is necessary to develop an international legal act envisaging regulation of human rights and liberties amid the pandemic, Russia’s Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova believes.17:39 19.11.2020
Access to online resources censoring Russian media outlets may be restricted – billA bill envisaging that internet resources using censorship with respect to Russian media outlets has reached the State Duma.11:58 19.11.2020
Bill on granting foreign agent status to individuals reaches State DumaA 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 has been submitted to the lower house of Russia’s parliament.17:22 18.11.2020
State Duma adopts bills on Russian Constitution’s primacy over international court rulingsThe State Duma adopted a package of bills on the primacy of Russia’s Constitution over decisions and rulings of international organizations and courts in a final third reading on Wednesday.13:39 18.11.2020
State Duma passes bill of fines for calls for territory alienation in second readingA bill on administrative fines for public calls for the alienation of Russian territories and calls for such actions passed its second reading in the State Duma on Tuesday.17:22 17.11.2020
Moskalkova pushes for enshrinement of quarantine observation status in lawRussia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova claims it is necessary to enshrine the status of observators in law as well as the rights of people held in such places.16:16 17.11.2020
Russia’s Children Ombudsman urges delay as to bill banning extrajudicial removal of minorsIt is necessary to delay the discussion of a bill envisaging a ban on removal of children from their families under out-of-court procedures, Russia’s Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova believes, citing criticism on the part of both lawmakers and the society.17:48 16.11.2020
Twitter’s plea against $50K fine enforcement proceedings dismissedMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Monday dismissed Twitter’s challenge against institution of enforcement proceedings in a case over the 4 million-ruble (over $50,000 at the current exchange rate) fine imposed on the company for refusal to place its servers in Russia.14:30 16.11.2020
Expert urges tighter control over financing of Russian nonprofits from abroadA Russian Civic Chamber expert has expressed his opinion about certain planned amendments to the national legislation aimed to tighten control over financing of nonprofit organizations from abroad.13:16 16.11.2020