President to submit draft law extending grounds to dismiss officialsPresident 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 lawThe 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 groundsThe 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 judgesThe 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 damagesThe 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 amendmentsFederal 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 readingThe 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 MoscowBailiffs 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 proceduresThe 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 lawThe Samara Region Commercial Court has upheld the Federal Antimonopoly Services (FAS) invalidation of an advertisement distributed by Media-Markt-Saturn16:29 29.08.2011
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
Bill on liability for digital rights violation submitted to Russia’s State DumaChairman 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 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