Law & Legislation

Putin toughens responsibility for disclosure of data of law enforcement officers

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill on severe punishment for disclosure of information on safety measures taken in relation to law enforcement and supervisory bodies officials and their relatives into law.

18:47 11.06.2021

Moskalkova exasperated by crack down on rights of Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine

A bill on indigenous peoples of Ukraine submitted by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to the Verkhovna Rada ignores Russians as natives of the country, according to Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova.

17:39 11.06.2021

Legislative proposal to ban surrogacy services for foreigners moves onward in Russia

A draft law prohibiting surrogacy services for foreigners has been submitted to Russia’s State Duma.

15:10 11.06.2021

State Duma adopts bill on geolocation data use in search for missing persons

State Duma lawmakers adopted amendments to the Law Concerning Investigative Activities permitting the use of geolocation data in order to facilitate search for missing persons in the third and final reading on Thursday.

17:35 10.06.2021

Russian Government backs introduction of cards similar to FAN ID for sports events spectators

The Government Law-Making Commission has approved an initiative to introduce personalized cards for those attending sports competitions, following the example of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

16:03 09.06.2021

Decriminalization of inadvertent drug circulation violations approved by Russia’s MPs

The lower house of Russian parliament, the State Duma, on Wednesday finally adopted a government bill on the humanization of criminal legislation in relation to persons who had committed violations of the rules for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the course of medical activities.

15:07 09.06.2021

Bill to ban public identification of USSR with Third Reich adopted by State Duma

A legislative proposal to ban public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II passed its third and final reading in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday.

14:20 09.06.2021

Russian lawmakers back tougher sanctions for drunk driving

The State Duma MPs passed a bill envisaging increase from 2 to 3 years of the maximum prison sentence for repeated driving while intoxicated in the third and final reading on Wednesday.

13:13 09.06.2021

State Duma adopts bill banning Russians from involvement in undesirable NGOs’ activities

The State Duma adopted a bill prohibiting Russian nationals from participating in the activities of foreign NGOs abroad which had been declared undesirable in Russia in the third and final reading on Wednesday.

12:01 09.06.2021

MPs back inclusion of vaccination against COVID-19 in National Vaccination Calendar

The State Duma has adopted in the first reading a bill on the inclusion of vaccination against COVID-19 in the National Calendar of Preventive Vaccinations.

17:44 08.06.2021

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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