State Duma approves draft law amendments on bribery finesThe lower house of the Russian parliament (State Duma) approved amendments to a draft law on Friday proposing to introduce fines of up to 100 times the amount of corrupt payments and bribes.19:03 19.04.2011
New Prosecutor for Moscow Region is nominatedProsecutor-General of Russia Yuri Chaika has nominated head of Prosecutor-General’s anti-corruption department Alexander Anikin for the post of Prosecutor of the Moscow Region, spokeswoman for the Prosecutor-General’s Office Marina Gridneva told RIA Novosti.18:58 14.04.2011
Russian Civic Chamber: 1,000 corruption complaints in 45 daysThe Russian Civic Chamber summed up its “Stop Corruption” hotline activities for the past 45 days this week. According to the chamber, a total of 1,100 instances of alleged corruption were reported and more than half were attributable to the executive authorities.16:06 13.04.2011
New British Bribery Act to trigger outflow of investments from RussiaThe new Bribery Act is soon expected to come into force in the UK and will significantly deter British companies from cooperating with clouded Russian businesses, Dmitry Dementyev, an expert at the Magisters law firm, told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI). This will inevitably result in an outflow of investments from Russia.17:53 08.04.2011
Russian President signs decree on external debt paymentPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing a new temporary procedure of payment of the country’s foreign debt. The document was published on the official website of legal information.17:20 22.06.2022
Bill on liability for digital rights violation submitted to Russia’s State DumaChairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov has introduced a bill to supplement the national Code of Administrative Offenses with an article on the violation of digital rights before the lower house of Russia's parliament.12:45 23.06.2022
Environmental violations up in Russia by almost 3 times — Supreme Court headThe number of cases related to violations of the environmental legislation has increased in Russia by almost 3 times over the past 10 years, the Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said during the presidium meeting on Friday.15:36 24.06.2022