Law & Legislation

New criminal investigation procedure: more rights and opportunities

Today’s criminal investigation procedure may soon be substantially revised, according to a president-initiated bill.

16:00 12.03.2012

Regulator ready to tell more on Russian banks' violations

The Central Bank is ready to provide more information on sanctioning banks which violated the anti-money laundering laws.

11:56 07.03.2012

Russia’s political system heads for reform

The lower house of Russia’s Parliament, the State Duma, has taken its first step toward reforming the political system by adopting three presidential bills in the first reading.

14:38 05.03.2012

Putin cracks down on immigrants for violating registration procedure

Presidential candidate and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for criminal responsibility for immigrants violating registration procedure.

18:25 29.02.2012

Putin: laws must prevent turning business disputes into criminal cases

Presidential candidate and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin believes that it is necessary to amend the legislation, so law enforcement authorities cannot abuse their power and there is no "accusatory link" between courts and law enforcement authorities.

17:46 29.02.2012

President enacts pedophile chemical castration bill

President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law toughening the punishment for repeat pedophiles to up to life in prison and chemical castration.

17:26 29.02.2012

European parliament seeks to ban officials involved in Magnitsky case from EU

Members of the European Parliament's communications delegation have called for banning the individuals allegedly involved in the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky from entering the EU.

16:33 29.02.2012

Bankers stand for simplifying debtor bankruptcy procedure

Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia and the CIS, has proposed to amend the laws on bankruptcy and on simplifying debtor bankruptcy procedures.

15:24 29.02.2012

Russian lawyers to train 95,000 observers for presidential elections

A group of independent observers will cover all polling stations during the upcoming presidential elections, the parliament's lower house representative Pavel Krashennikov said. The group formed by the Russian Lawyers Association's Youth Movement will consist of 95,000 people.

18:58 22.02.2012

Drug dealers to be sentenced to life

The parliament's upper house approved on Wednesday a government bill enabling courts to sentence those convicted of drug trafficking and smuggling to life imprisonment.

18:14 22.02.2012

Top news

Russia boosts sanctions against high profile citizens of Canada

Russian authorities have banned 43 more high-ranking Canadian citizens from entering the country.

16:51 27.06.2022

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

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