Law & Legislation

State Duma to consider amendments doubling fines for election violations

The State Duma legislation committee has upheld a bill proposing to double fines for fraud and fabrications during elections and recommended that the parliament considers the bill in the first hearing in March.

16:03 12.03.2012

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

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Russia imposes sanctions against members of U.S. President’s family

Russia has once more extended its retaliatory restriction list adding 25 Americans to it, including members of the family of the U.S. President Joe Biden.

12:24 28.06.2022

Russian Supreme Court pushes for streamlining procedures governing judges’ career advances

A plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has proposed to submit to the State Duma a bill that would allow judges to be assigned a higher grade without taking into account the place of work of the judge and without observing the sequence of assignment of grades.

13:26 28.06.2022

President Putin signs law providing for legalization of parallel imports of goods

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a bill providing for the legalization of parallel imports of goods into law.

17:56 28.06.2022