Law & Legislation

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

Lawsuit postponed against Navalny

The Moscow District Court has postponed until September 9 the hearing of entrepreneur Vladlen Stepanovs defamation of character lawsuit against blogger Alexei Navalny.

14:46 29.08.2011

Court to hear claim over disruption of Vanino port privatization auction

The Moscow Commercial Court has scheduled September 24 for its hearing of a lawsuit filed by the Federal Agency for State Property Management against Seltekhstroy for 300 million rubles ($10.7 million). The suit centers on Seltekhstroys alleged disruption of the state auctioning of a controlling stake in the Vanino port (Kahbarovsk Territory).

14:27 29.08.2011

Court orders expert review in "Cristal" trademark case

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed further hearings in the "Cristal" trademark case

13:19 29.08.2011

Zenit site hacker fined 100,000 rubles

On Friday, a St. Petersburg district court ordered Nikita Volgin, 28, to pay a 100,000 ruble ($3,600) fine for hacking into FC Zenits website in April

14:56 26.08.2011

The new Anti-Tobacco Law

A bill restricting the sale of tobacco products will help Russia combat the deadly habit, which is responsible for causing 400,000 deaths per year - Chief Sanitary Inspector Gennady Onishchenko

13:57 26.08.2011

Law restricting tobacco sales to help fight smoking

A bill restricting the sale of tobacco products will help Russia combat the deadly habit, which is responsible for causing 400,000 deaths per year

12:41 26.08.2011

Prosecutors office uncovers illegal construction in Moscow wildlife sanctuary

The Moscow prosecutors office uncovered illegal construction in the Setun River Valley Wildlife Sanctuary

17:28 25.08.2011

Prosecutor's Office uncovers 1,500 offences in Moscow Region land distribution

Moscow Region Prosecutor Alexander Anikin is concerned about illegal property distribution in the region.

17:04 25.08.2011

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