Immigration offenders might be banned entrance for five yearsThe 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 sailorsPresident 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 MoscowOver 160,000 people demonstrated in Moscow on Feb. 4.11:51 07.02.2012
Justice Ministry calls for tougher regulation of non-profit entitiesThe 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 commissionerRussia 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 commissionerA 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 activityMikhail 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 reformFormer 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 employersThe 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 treatiesThe 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
Russia boosts sanctions against high profile citizens of CanadaRussian 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 paymentPresident 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 headThe 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