State Duma backs bill protecting state institutions from online insults in final readingMOSCOW, March 7 (RAPSI) – The State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, has passed in the third and final reading a bill on the blocking of websites containing defamatory information insulting society, state symbols and state bodies.14:14 07.03.2019
Russia’s State Duma passes anti-fake news bills in third readingThe State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, has passed in the third and final reading a package of bills introducing fines of up to 1.5 million rubles ($22,900) for distributing fake news on the Internet.13:08 07.03.2019
State Duma backs bill protecting state institutions from online insults in second readingThe State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, has passed in the second reading a bill on the blocking of websites containing defamatory information insulting society, state symbols and state bodies on Wednesday.15:14 06.03.2019
Russia’s State Duma passes anti-fake news bills in second readingThe State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, has passed in the second reading a package of bills introducing fines of up to 1.5 million rubles ($22,900) for distributing fake news on the Internet.14:04 06.03.2019
Governmental bill on fines for illicit trade in Euro 2020 tickets reaches State DumaRussia’s Government has submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of administrative punishment for illicit sale or falsification of UEFA Euro 2020 football tournament tickets.17:02 05.03.2019
Bill permitting companies to use only e-document flow to be submitted to State DumaSenator Nikolai Zhuravlev and the head of the Financial Markets Committee of the lower house of the Russian Parliament Anatoly Aksakov have developed a bill on the use and storage of electronic documents by financial organizations.17:29 01.03.2019
Bill on e-voting submitted to Russian State DumaA bill envisaging a test remote voting via electronic communications during the elections to the Moscow City Parliament has been introduced to the lower house of the Russian Parliament, according to Alexander Brod, a member of the Presidential Council of Human Rights.16:01 27.02.2019
Russian lawyers support amendments to law on legal practice and advocacyThe Federal Chamber of Lawyers of Russia supports a bill aimed to amend the law on legal practice and advocacy in Russia according to Gennady Sharov, the acting President of the association.13:49 22.02.2019
Bill on prison terms for gang leadership passes its first reading in State DumaThe lower house of parliament, Russia’s State Duma, adopted a bill on criminal sanctions for organizing, leading criminal gangs and participating in them in the first reading on Thursday.13:13 21.02.2019
Russia’s lower house of parliament adopts palliative care billThe State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament, passed a palliative care bill in a final third reading on Thursday.12:24 21.02.2019
State Duma approves online information disclosure ban for military servicemenThe State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament, adopted a bill banning military personnel from private information disclosure in media and on the Internet in the third and final reading on Tuesday.12:10 19.02.2019
Russia’s Communist MPs propose to punish officials for insulting citizensLawmakers representing Russia’s Communist Party (KPRF) Sergey Kazankov and Nikolay Kolomeitsev have submitted a bill on fines for officials insulting citizens to the lower house of parliament.12:32 15.02.2019
State Duma backs bailiffs’ right to remove children from citizens deprived of parental authorityThe State Duma passed in the first reading on Wednesday a bill aimed to grant bailiffs the right to remove children from parents whose custody had been revoked or limited even before a representative in law or a second parent appeared to take part in the removal procedure.14:36 13.02.2019
State Duma passes Runet security bill in first readingThe State Duma, the lower house of parliament, passed in the first reading on Tuesday a bill aimed to ensure security and availability of Russian Internet (Runet) in the event of its isolation from the global network.14:31 12.02.2019
MPs adopt ban on online information disclosure for military personnel in second readingThe State Duma MPs passed a bill banning military personnel from disclosing information on themselves and other servicemen in media and on the Internet in the second reading on Tuesday.12:29 12.02.2019
Russian children’s ombudsman presses palliative care standard approvalRussian children’s rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova pushed for approval of an effective palliative care standard during the State Duma parliamentary hearings held on Monday in connection with a palliative care bill review.15:40 11.02.2019
Supreme Court upholds sentence for murderer of State Duma deputy speaker's aideThe Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday upheld a 15-year prison sentence given in 2009 to Akhmed Magomedov for killing a State Duma deputy speaker’s assistant Alexey Belyayev.15:42 05.02.2019
Russian MPs propose to authorize police to down drone aircrafts in certain casesState Duma lawmakers have drafted a bill authorizing law enforcement bodies to down drones or reject their joystick signals in cases of their illegal location in air area.15:51 30.01.2019
Russian MPs back bill protecting state institutions from online insultsThe State Duma MPs passed a bill on blocking of websites containing defamatory information insulting society, state symbols and state bodies in the first reading on Thursday.16:03 24.01.2019
Russia’s State Duma passes anti-fake news bills in first readingThe State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, adopted in the first reading on Thursday a package of bills introducing fines of up to 1 million rubles ($15,000) for distributing fake news on the Internet.14:53 24.01.2019