Law & Legislation

President to submit draft law extending grounds to dismiss officials

President Dmitry Medvedev said he will submit to the Lower House of Parliament (State Duma) a draft law improving state administration in the effort against corruption.

18:13 23.09.2011

Russian and foreign judges to discuss contractual law

The Supreme Commercial Court will hold the International Forum of the Asian-Pacific Region Countries on September 23, the contractual law will top the agenda.

13:06 21.09.2011

Retrial on any grounds

The lower house of the Russian parliament proposes amendments to the Russian Legal Procedure Code. The amendments provide for the establishment of a list specifying types of newly-discovered facts upon which criminal cases may be reopened.

17:38 20.09.2011

Constitutional Court to review opening cases against judges

The Constitutional Court started on Tuesday to consider the possibility for investigative authorities to initiate criminal cases against judges who have issued unlawful rulings, unless such ruling is reversed.

15:51 20.09.2011

Russian lawyers doubt Strasbourg will award Yukos $98 billion in damages

The European Court of Human Rights will not award the now defunct Yukos oil company $98 billion in damages.

11:49 14.09.2011

State Duma deputies support antimonopoly amendments

Federal Antimonopoly Service Head Igor Artemyev has stated that he counts on the support of the State Duma in its consideration of the third antimonopoly set of amendments.

12:09 07.09.2011

Pro bono legal assistance bill passed first reading

The State Duma (Russias lower house of parliament) adopted a bill that will expand free legal services in the first reading on Tuesday.

17:47 06.09.2011

Bailiffs continue to search and seize documents at BP office in Moscow

Bailiffs are continuing to search and seize documents at the Moscow office of BP on Thursday.

11:45 01.09.2011

Airport customs heads fined for violating tender procedures

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined the heads of the customs offices at Moscows Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports 53,000 rubles ($1,846) for violating tender procedures.

17:59 30.08.2011

Court affirms Media-Markt-Group violated advertising law

The Samara Region Commercial Court has upheld the Federal Antimonopoly Services (FAS) invalidation of an advertisement distributed by Media-Markt-Saturn

16:29 29.08.2011

Top news

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

Bill on liability for digital rights violation submitted to Russia’s State Duma

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov has introduced a bill to supplement the national Code of Administrative Offenses with an article on the violation of digital rights before the lower house of Russia's parliament.

12:45 23.06.2022

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