Law & Legislation

MPs pass bill on prison terms for insults to veterans in second reading

The State Duma passed legislative amendments introducing criminal liability for humiliation of honor and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War in the second reading on Tuesday.

18:21 16.03.2021

Legislative initiative on perpetual tenure for justices of peace adopted by State Duma

A bill developed by Russia’s Supreme Court, which envisages that the terms in office of justices of the peace should be indefinite passed its third and final reading in the lower house of Russian parliament on Tuesday.

17:14 16.03.2021

State Duma introduces fines for sale of gadgets without pre-installed domestic software

The State Duma has passed in the third and final reading amendments to the national Code of Administrative Offenses envisaging fines for the absence of pre-installed domestic software on smartphones and computers.

16:00 16.03.2021

Russia’s Cabinet to allocate $37 mln more to finance free medicines for COVID-19 patients

Another 2.7 billion rubles ($37 million at the current exchange rate) are to be allocated to Russia’s regions for provision of free medicines to patients with coronavirus infection. This directive has been signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

14:47 16.03.2021

Rules for submitting investigated persons to mental treatment to be codified in Russia

The Government Commission on Legislative Drafting has considered draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, which clearly define rules for sending persons under investigation to psychiatric hospitals.

11:35 16.03.2021

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Third foreigner ordered to death challenges sentence in Supreme Court of DPR

Briton Aiden Aslin, who had been ordered to death along with two other foreign citizens in the Donetsk People’s Republic, challenged his sentence.

11:17 05.07.2022

Russia’s State Duma backs creation of extremist materials database

The lower house of parliament, the State Duma, adopted a bill to create a specialized information database of extremist materials in a final third reading on Tuesday.

13:24 05.07.2022

Number of appeals to Russian children's ombudsman increased by 2% in 2021

The number of appeals to the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Russia Maria Lvova-Belova turned out to be by 2% more in 2021 as compared with the same period of the preceding year.

12:09 01.07.2022