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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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Russian President signs decree on external debt payment

President 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 Duma

Chairman 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 head

The 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