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State Duma approves draft law amendments on bribery fines

The 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 nominated

Prosecutor-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 days

The 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 Russia

The 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

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Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violations

A Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.

17:20 17.01.2023

Russian Justice Ministry vows to improve jail conditions

Russia's Ministry of Justice has unveiled its proposals aimed at amending the internal rules of pre-trial detention centers and correctional facilities.

15:29 13.01.2023

Bill on establishing Military Ombudsman post submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Lawmakers representing the New People party in the lower house of the Russian parliament have submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging the introduction of the post of military ombudsman.

16:17 12.10.2022