Law & Legislation

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

Antimonopoly service allows Rio Tinto to deposit in Kamchatka

The Federal Antimonopoly Service has satisfied the Rio Tinto mining company's application to acquire 100 percent of Olkhovoye's charter capital.

18:21 31.01.2012

Putin: commercial disputes to be decriminalized by 2013

Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin said it is necessary to amend the Criminal Code by early 2013 to rule out its application in commercial disputes.

10:46 30.01.2012

Parliament ratifies pension payment to Russians living in Estonia

The Federation Council ratified on Wednesday the Russian-Estonian agreement on cooperation in pension provision, allowing Russians living in Estonia to get Russian pension.

13:26 25.01.2012

Supreme courts may obtain internal affairs functions to watch judges

Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov has said on Monday that he backs the idea to provide supreme courts with the internal affairs service's authority to look into corruption charges against judges.

17:07 23.01.2012

Russian lawyers unite to supervise presidential elections

The Association of Russian Lawyers intends to support the initiative to create a body of supervising lawyers titled, “For Transparent Elections,” which will act during the March 4 presidential elections, Pavel Krashennikov, the association’s chairman and the head of the Duma Committee on Legislation, told RIA Novosti.

15:13 23.01.2012

Medvedev moves to restore gubernatorial elections

President Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma a draft law restoring direct popular elections of regional governors to terms of up to five years and enabling political parties to nominate candidates for governorships.

14:10 23.01.2012

Draft law enables discharged governors to turn to court

A draft law submitted to the State Duma on Monday enables governors removed from office to appeal the decision in court and participate in new elections.

16:37 16.01.2012

Russian political system reform bills may be adopted in February

The parliament's lower house speaker Sergei Naryshkin assumed at the Thursday Duma meeting that the Russian political system reform bills proposed by President Medvedev may be adopted as early as in February, even before the presidential elections.

12:59 12.01.2012

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025