Law & Legislation

Russian Justice Minister to visit detention centers, colonies without special permission

The State Duma has adopted in the third and final reading a law granting the Minister of Justice the right to visit pre-trial detention centers and correctional colonies without special permission.

15:04 17.03.2021

State Duma lawmakers approve prison terms for insults to veterans

The lower house of Russian parliament adopted a draft law on criminal liability up to imprisonment for humiliation of honor and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War in the third and final reading on Wednesday.

12:43 17.03.2021

State Duma MPs call on IT companies to comply with Russian laws

The State Duma Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs has taken a decision to urge the management of social networks TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, and Google corporation to undertake measures aimed at prevention of violations of Russian laws involving their platforms, according to Chair of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control of the lower house of Russia’s Parliament Vasily Piskarev.

12:16 17.03.2021

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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