Law & Legislation

Chief bailiff calls for more powers to bring prosecution

Chief Russian Bailiff Artur Parfyonchikov calls for extending the bailiffs' powers to initiate criminal prosecution against fraudulent debtors.

13:18 05.10.2011

Civil law should limit freedom of parties to contract

The parties to a contract in Russia are guaranteed the maximum freedom according to contractual law, but not civil, corporate or substantive law, Supreme Commercial Court Chairman Anton Ivanov said at the Asian and Pacific Countries Forum in Vladivostok.

14:17 26.09.2011

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

Top news

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