Bill empowering prosecutors to represent Russia in ECHR passes first reading in State DumaA legislative proposal to empower the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts passed its first reading in the State Duma on Tuesday.15:00 08.06.2021
State Duma MPs push idea to ban public identification of USSR with Third ReichThe lower house of Russian parliament passed a draft law banning the public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II in the second reading on Tuesday.14:45 08.06.2021
Bill to empower prosecutors to represent Russia in ECHR to be heard as priorityThe State Duma Anti-Corruption Committee on Tuesday held that a draft law empowering the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts should be discussed as a matter of priority.12:49 02.06.2021
State Duma to discuss bill giving investigators right to conduct interviews by videolinkDraft amendments to the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure granting investigators the right to interview victims, specialists, experts and witnesses in criminal cases via videoconferencing means has been submitted to the lower house of the Russian parliament.10:58 02.06.2021
Bill obliging foreign IT giants to open offices in Russia passes first stage in State DumaThe State Duma passed a bill obliging foreign IT companies to open offices in Russia in the first reading on Tuesday.18:12 01.06.2021
President Putin proposes to empower Prosecutor General's Office to represent Russia in ECHRRussian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to the State Duma a bill seeking to empower the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts.12:14 01.06.2021
State Duma Defense Committee backs ban on public identification of USSR with Third ReichThe State Duma's Defense Committee has supported a bill banning the public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II.16:20 27.05.2021
State Duma committee backs decriminalization of inadvertent drug circulation violationsThe State Duma Committee for State Construction and Legislation on Thursday recommended that lawmakers should pass a government bill on the humanization of criminal legislation in relation to persons who had committed violations of the rules for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the course of medical activities, which inadvertently entailed loss thereof.15:09 27.05.2021
Russian MPs back tougher punishment for arms traffickingThe State Duma passed a bill toughening punishment for illegal trafficking in weapons and explosives in the first reading on Tuesday.15:59 26.05.2021
Ex-State Duma lawmaker gets 3 years in jail for attempted fraudMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Wednesday sentenced ex-lawmaker of the lower house of Russia’s parliament Denis Volchek to 3 years in penal colony for attempted fraud.14:38 26.05.2021
MPs back bill banning extremists from running for State Duma electionState Duma lawmakers passed a draft law prohibiting persons having links to extremist and terrorist organizations to run for elections in the lower house of parliament in the second reading on Tuesday.15:10 25.05.2021
Bill obliging foreign IT giants to open offices in Russia reaches State DumaMembers of the State Duma IT Committee along with senator Alexander Pushkov on Friday submitted a bill obliging foreign IT companies to open offices in Russia to the lower house of parliament.16:13 21.05.2021
State Duma passes bill on sanctions for disclosure of data of law enforcement officersThe State Duma adopted a bill on severe punishment for disclosure of information on safety measures taken in relation to law enforcement and supervisory bodies officials and their relatives in the third and final reading on Wednesday.14:32 19.05.2021
State Duma Security Committee approves bill tightening rules for issuing weapons licensesThe State Duma Committee on Security and Corruption Control has recommended the lower house of Russia’s parliament to adopt in the first reading a bill establishing additional grounds for refusing to issue licenses to acquire weapons.11:39 12.05.2021
Russian Child Rights Commissioner backs ban on surrogacy services for foreignersRussia’s Child Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova believes a bill prohibiting surrogacy services for foreigners will be adopted.13:26 27.04.2021
State Duma assigns Moskalkova to post of Russia’s Human Rights CommissionerThe State Duma on Thursday appointed Tatiana Moskalkova to the position of Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights.15:08 22.04.2021
State Duma backs legislative proposal to ban officials from holding dual citizenshipThe State Duma adopted a draft law prohibiting state and municipal officials to hold dual citizenship in the third and final reading on Tuesday.13:49 20.04.2021
Russian MPs propose tougher fines for advertising online sale of alcoholState Duma lawmakers Vitaly Milonov and Vladimir Afonsky have submitted a bill increasing fines for advertising online retail sale of alcohol to 500,000 rubles ($6,500) to the lower house of parliament.10:40 15.04.2021
State Duma adopts bill on commemorating soldiers fallen in battles of Great Patriotic WarThe State Duma adopted in the third and final reading a bill introducing a moratorium on construction and earthworks in the territories where the remains of soldiers who had died during the Great Patriotic War would be found.17:47 14.04.2021
State Duma MPs back ban on confiscation of debtors’ petsThe lower house of Russian parliament adopted a bill prohibiting confiscation of domestic animals of debtors in the third and final reading on Tuesday.17:53 13.04.2021