Law & Legislation

Immigration offenders might be banned entrance for five years

The Federal Migration Service has suggested banning foreigners from entering Russia for five years if they have violated migration law twice.

16:26 22.02.2012

Medvedev facilitates salary recovery procedure for sailors

President Dmitry Medvedev has endorsed Civil Code amendments giving Russian sailors an opportunity to recover their salaries and other due payments in courts at the defendant's ship location or at the ship's home port.

13:37 07.02.2012

February 4: weekend rallies in central Moscow

Over 160,000 people demonstrated in Moscow on Feb. 4.

11:51 07.02.2012

Justice Ministry calls for tougher regulation of non-profit entities

The Justice Ministry has proposed toughening legislation governing non-profit organizations and granting the authorities more power to inspect their business activities, Vladimir Titov, the head of its Non-Profit Organization Department.

15:22 06.02.2012

Lawyers undecided on need for business commissioner

Russia will have a commissioner to protect the rights of all businessmen – not only foreign investors, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. However, despite its supposed aim is to protect private capital, the initiative could produce side effects.

18:06 03.02.2012

Putin: Russia will have businessmen's rights commissioner

A businessmen's rights commissioner with a special procedural status will be established in Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

16:23 02.02.2012

Russia needs law to regulate taxpayer activity

Mikhail Mishustin, the head of the Federal Tax Service, has called for adopting a special law regulating tax consultants' activity.

15:13 02.02.2012

Russia's ex-Finance Minister critisizes judicial reform

Former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who retired after a disagreement with President Dmitry Medvedev, said the authorities have failed to improve the judicial system.

14:55 02.02.2012

Russian sailors to obtain more rights to sue employers

The Federation Council approved on Wednesday the bill allowing vessel crews to sue employers at the vessels' whereabouts rather than where the employer has a registered office.

14:10 01.02.2012

Senators urge Putin to sign children's rights treaties

The Federation Council requested on Wednesday Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to take measures for Russia to sign in the first quarter of 2012 an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.

12:56 01.02.2012

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