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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Russia and Iran join forces for judicial cooperation

Russia's Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev and First Deputy Head of Iran’s Judiciary Mohammad Mosaddeq have reached an agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance with the digital transformation of the legal systems of both countries.

12:44 18.08.2022

Russian National AI Development Center to be launched in September

The National Artificial Intelligence Center will be launched in September, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said addressing the International military-technical forum Army-2022.

10:10 18.08.2022

Court to hear Deripaska’s $33 mln defamation suit against Tinkov on August 31

A court in Russia's southern Krasnodar region is expected to hold a hearing of a defamation lawsuit filed by Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska’s against businessman Oleg Tinkov and Meta Platforms Inc. on August 31.

14:16 16.08.2022