Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp appeal fines totaling $500K for data localization breachesRepresentatives of Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp have challenged court rulings imposing fines totaling 36 million rubles (about $500,000) on the companies for breaching Russian legislation as to the localization of the users’ personal data in Russia.17:03 24.09.2021
Russian communications watchdog starts development of social networks registerThe Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) has started to form a register of social networks. It already includes Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Likee, Youtube, VKontakte and Odnoklassniki.10:44 23.09.2021
MPs requested to ban foreign nationals from guarding fuel and energy facilitiesA bill prohibiting foreign citizens from guarding fuel and energy facilities has been filed with the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.14:17 13.09.2021
Children's rights commissioner urges MPs to back bill enabling life sentences for paedophilesAnna Kuznetsova, Russia's children's rights commissioner, calls on lawmakers in the State Duma to back a bill which introduces life sentences for pedophiles as well as other measures aimed at better protection of minors.17:57 08.09.2021
Draft law expanding list of persons eligible to challenge paternity reaches Russia’s State DumaThe government has submitted a bill expanding the list of persons who have the right to apply to courts seeking to challenge paternity to the lower house of Russian parliament.17:38 26.08.2021
Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp fined about $500K for failure to localize Russian users’ dataA magistrate court in Moscow on Thursday fined social networks Facebook and Twitter as well as WhatsApp messengers 36 million rubles (around $500,000) in total for breaching law requirements concerning localization of personal data of Russian users in the Russian Federation.15:03 26.08.2021
Russian pensioners to receive one-off payment in fall – presidential orderRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order on a one-off payment to pensioners in the amount of 10,000 rubles (over $130).12:22 24.08.2021
Russophobes may be barred from entering Russia – draft lawThe United Russia party lawmakers have drafted a bill to ban Russophobes from entering the country.14:36 19.08.2021
Russian Cabinet proposes expanding list of persons eligible to challenge paternityThe Government Law-Making Commission has backed an initiative aimed at expanding the list of persons who have the right to apply to courts seeking to challenge paternity.15:11 13.08.2021
Legislative proposal to seize debtors’ foreign travel passports reaches State DumaThe Government has submitted a draft law on the seizure of foreign travel passports from citizens having debts or other restrictions for travelling abroad to the lower house of Russian parliament.10:42 13.08.2021
Assault on Russian speakers abroad may result in ban on entry into Russia – State DumaLawmakers on Monday proposed to prohibit people committing assaults on Russian-speaking persons abroad from entering Russia.15:07 09.08.2021
Former Russian official fails to challenge anti-corruption rules, prosecutors’ powersFormer deputy head of the Komi Republic, Alexander Burov, attempted to challenge almost all anti-corruption provisions of the Civil Code, as well as some regulations set by federal anti-corruption laws; however, the Constitutional Court dismissed his complaint.14:02 06.08.2021
Bill on entry of labor migrants arriving to prepare mass events reaches Russia’s State DumaRussia’s Cabinet of Ministers on Wednesday submitted a bill to make easier the rules governing the entry of labor migrants to Russia when those arrive to work in the framework of preparation of international sports competitions and other events to the State Duma.11:39 04.08.2021
Russian Justice Ministry proposes to provide free legal aid on Internet for 2 yearsThe Russian Ministry of Justice proposes to organize an experiment on the provision of free legal aid through electronic services; a part of this pilot project is to be the creation of information system Legal Assistance.17:39 03.08.2021
Prosecutor General's Office registers 33,000 corruption-generating factors in Russian lawsThe Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation discovered 33,000 corruptogenic factors in Russian regulatory legal acts over the first six months of 2021.14:31 03.08.2021
Animal trade regulation bill submitted to Russia’s lower house of parliamentLawmaker Vladimir Burmatov has brought a bill banning animal trade through pet stores and poultry markets before the lower house of Russian parliament.15:35 27.07.2021
Russia’s Cabinet approves replacement of LIBOR rate with special Central Bank rateThe Government Law-Making Commission has approved an initiative to replace the LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) rate with the special rate of the Bank of Russia when disciplining credit institutions failing to remedy registered breaches.14:13 27.07.2021
Disabled children to be seen out of turn – presidential orderPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a decree ordering shops, social and other institutions to see out handicapped children out of turn.10:44 27.07.2021
Russian Cabinet supports entry procedure for labor migrants arriving to prepare mass eventsThe Government Law-Making Commission has backed an initiative to make easier the rules governing the entry of labor migrants to Russia when those arrive to work in the framework of preparation of international sports competitions and other events.14:40 26.07.2021
Cabinet’s Law-Making Commission backs bill to seize debtors’ foreign travel passportsThe Government Law-Making Commission has backed a legislative proposal to seize foreign travel passports from citizens having debts or other restrictions for travelling abroad, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Gruzdev has told RAPSI.13:30 26.07.2021