Law & Legislation

Russia’s senators approve draft law toughening rules for initiating drug cases

The Federation Council has approved a draft law envisaging that the discovery of narcotic drugs in the body of a person is not to be a basis for initiating a criminal case.

16:52 31.03.2021

Federation Council backs prison terms for insults to veterans

The upper house of Russian parliament, the Federation Council, approved an initiative on criminal liability of up to imprisonment for humiliation of honor and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War on Wednesday.

15:41 31.03.2021

Russian Justice Ministry proposes to conduct expert examination of intellectual property

Russia’s Ministry of Justice proposes to introduce an expert examination of intellectual property objects and indicate a new expert specialty for the conduct thereof.

13:09 31.03.2021

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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