Law & Legislation

Bill to ban Russian officials from holding property in NATO states reaches State Duma

A group of the Communist Party lawmakers on Wednesday submitted a bill banning state servants, judges and certain officials from security, law enforcement and defense agencies from owning property in the NATO states and countries-candidates for the alliance accession to the State Duma.

16:08 03.08.2022

Communion wine and prosphora allowed to be brought into pre-trial detention centers in Russia

The Russian Justice Ministry has allowed clergy to bring Eucharistic bread and wine to detention centers for communion.

17:51 25.07.2022

Russian Ministry proposes compensations to right holders for online content blocking

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has drafted a bill providing for compensation of up to 5 million rubles (about $88,000 at the time of writing) for copyright infringement related to illegal blocking of online content.

12:29 22.07.2022

Russian President Putin signs law on retaliatory blocking of foreign media in Russia

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a bill empowering Prosecutor General and his deputies to prohibit foreign mass media in Russia in response to unfriendly actions by foreign states regarding Russian media working abroad into law.

17:38 15.07.2022

Bill on extremist materials database becomes law in Russia

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has enacted a bill on the specialized information database of extremist materials into law.

12:12 15.07.2022

Punishment for torture legislatively toughened in Russia

A bill on tough sentence of up to 15 years in prison for torture became law after it was signed by President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

17:03 14.07.2022

Russian President Putin signs law on control over foreign agents’ activities

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a bill prohibiting those who have a foreign agent status from conducting any sort of educational activities aimed at minors and producing any information products for that target group into law.

16:04 14.07.2022

Russian President equates adhering to enemy with treason

President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a bill equating adhering to the enemy in wartime with treason into law.

15:06 14.07.2022

Putin approves ratification of protocol on foreign trade zone between EAEU and Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a law on the ratification of a protocol to the Temporary Agreement on the Free Trade Area between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran.

13:27 14.07.2022

Russian Ministry for Digital Development proposes turnover fines for data breaches

The Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation is preparing a bill on turnover-based fines for the personal data breach.

12:24 13.07.2022

Top news

Three detained over Promsvyazbank embezzlement allegations

A Moscow court ordered media technology expert Olga Arkharova, PR specialist Inna Churilova and journalist Alexandra Bayazitova to be kept in custody until October 7 over alleged extortion from Promsvyazbank.

11:35 11.08.2022

Ex-St. Petersburg lawmaker sentenced to 9 years in prison on bribery charges

Roman Koval, a former lawmaker of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, was sentenced to 9 years in prison for large-scale corruption.

15:18 11.08.2022

Ex-TV journalist placed under house arrest for alleged spreading fake news

Moscow's Basmanny District Court placed former Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova under house arrest in a criminal case where she is charged with spreading fake information about the country's armed forces.

17:46 11.08.2022