Putin signs law prohibiting illegal financial transactionsPresident Vladimir Putin has signed the law prohibiting illegal financial transactions adopted by the State Duma on June 11, the Prime business news agency reports.11:53 01.07.2013
Putin signs law banning promotion of homosexuality among childrenPresident Vladimir Putin has signed the law banning the promotion of homosexuality among children. The document was published on the government website of legal information on Sunday.10:56 01.07.2013
Putin signs law on punishment for causing religious offencePresident Vladimir Putin has signed into law the bill on punishment for causing religious offence. The document has been posted on the government website of legal information.10:28 01.07.2013
Putin confirms Snowden still in RussiaNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden did arrive in Moscow as a transit passenger, but did not cross the border into the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday, citing a statement made by President Vladimir Putin confirmed Tuesday.20:22 25.06.2013
Presidential bill on economic amnesty submitted to DumaA draft law on granting amnesties for economic crimes initiated by President Vladimir Putin has been submitted to the State Duma, according to a statement posted on its website on Tuesday.12:24 25.06.2013
Putin urges Duma to adopt amnesty for economic crimesRussian President Vladimir Putin urged the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, to grant an amnesty pardoning those with first-time convictions for economic crimes who either have reimbursed the damages, or who have expressed the willingness to do so.16:50 21.06.2013
Putin proposes merging Russian Supreme Court and Supreme Commercial courtRussian President Vladimir Putin proposed merging the Supreme Court with the Supreme Commercial Court, and amending the Consitution accordingly.16:16 21.06.2013
Putin: Russia will draw up a national plan to deal with tax havensRussia will draw up a national plan to deal with offshore tax havens, President Vladimir Putin said at news conference following the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.10:31 19.06.2013
Putin signs school drug testing lawRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill introducing drug testing for school students.17:39 07.06.2013
Putin may sign law banning adoption by same-sex couplesPresident Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that he would sign a law banning adoptions by same-sex couples if parliament backed the initiative.17:18 04.06.2013
Putin: Contract to deliver S-300 systems to Syria not yet implementedThe agreement to deliver Russian S-300 air defense systems to Syria has not yet been implemented, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Putin also stressed that the deliveries of S-300s to Syria are legal.16:57 04.06.2013
Arrest of suspect in Putin's attempted assassination extended until July 25Moscow's Lefortovsky District Court on Wednesday again extended the arrest of Kazakh-born Ilya Pyanzin, who is suspected of planning to assassinate Vladimir Putin.18:10 22.05.2013
Medvedev fast tracks Putin's luxury taxPrime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has decided to introduce the new luxury tax sponsored by President Vladimir Putin two weeks earlier than planned. During the president's Q&A session with the public three weeks ago, Putin said that the tax should be introduced by November 1, and called it a matter of social justice.11:56 14.05.2013
Russian Deputy Prime Minister resignsRussian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the resignation of the Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov, who voluntarily chose to leave.16:32 08.05.2013
Russia raises fines for poaching tenfoldPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a law raising fines for poaching tenfold. The document was posted on the government's official legal information website on Wednesday.15:42 08.05.2013
Putin signs parliamentary control billsPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a package of laws that stipulate the procedure for parliamentary control in Russia, its forms and cases where a parliamentary investigation can be launched.14:23 08.05.2013
Putin signs law on business ombudsmanRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on businessmen's rights commissioners. The law defines the legal status, general objectives and competence of federal and regional ombudsmen.12:18 08.05.2013
Putin signs bill banning foreign bank accounts for cabinet ministersPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a bill prohibiting cabinet ministers and their family members from possessing foreign bank accounts and bonds abroad.18:03 07.05.2013
Adoptive families in Russia to receive the same benefits as large onesPresident Vladimir Putin has recommended that regional authorities grant adoptive families the same benefits as those enjoyed by large families by June 30.14:16 30.04.2013
Putin: Russia may amend adoption treaties with countries that allow gay marriageRussia may introduce amendments to adoption agreements with countries that have legalized same-sex marriage, President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with MPs.17:49 26.04.2013