Law & Legislation

Government pushes for development of Russian app store

Russia's government has submitted a bill requiring the development of a Russian mobile app store and its pre-installation on electronic devices and smartphones to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.

15:10 23.06.2022

Russian President signs decree on external debt payment

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing a new temporary procedure of payment of the country’s foreign debt. The document was published on the official website of legal information.

17:20 22.06.2022

Russia’s upper house of parliament approves legalization of parallel imports

The Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, has approved a government bill providing for the legalization of parallel imports of goods.

14:45 22.06.2022

State Duma adopts bill toughening punishment for torture

The lower house of Russian parliament passed a bill on tough sentence of up to 15 years in prison for tortures in a final third reading on Wednesday.

13:05 22.06.2022

Russia’s lower house of parliament backs legalization of parallel imports

Russia’s State Duma has adopted a bill on the legalization of parallel imports.

17:01 21.06.2022

State Duma passes bill banning foreign companies from tapping mineral resources in Russia

The State Duma adopted a draft law imposing a ban on the issuance of licenses for developing Russia’s vital mineral resources to foreign companies in the third and final reading on Tuesday.

16:20 21.06.2022

Russian Justice Ministry pushes for creation of unified arbitration registry

Russia’s Justice Ministry has proposed a bill envisaging creation of a unified national registry where all information on Russian and foreign arbitration institutions will be systemized.

13:14 15.06.2022

Lower house of Russian parliament passes bill on punishment for battery

The State Duma lawmakers adopted a draft law specifying criminal liability for battery for people having conviction for other crimes committed with the use of force in the third and final reading on Tuesday.

13:49 14.06.2022

Russian lawmakers advance bill banning websites advertising tobacco products

Russian lawmakers have submitted a bill to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, proposing to consider websites advertising tobacco products as information prohibited for spreading.

11:12 14.06.2022

Cabinet proposes to classify information on Russia’s gold and currency reserves

The Government has submitted a bill to classify information on Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves, to the lower house of parliament.

13:59 10.06.2022

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Russian President signs decree on external debt payment

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a decree establishing a new temporary procedure of payment of the country’s foreign debt. The document was published on the official website of legal information.

17:20 22.06.2022

Bill on liability for digital rights violation submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov has introduced a bill to supplement the national Code of Administrative Offenses with an article on the violation of digital rights before the lower house of Russia's parliament.

12:45 23.06.2022

Environmental violations up in Russia by almost 3 times — Supreme Court head

The number of cases related to violations of the environmental legislation has increased in Russia by almost 3 times over the past 10 years, the Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev said during the presidium meeting on Friday.

15:36 24.06.2022