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Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on success fees for lawyers

The lower chamber of Russia’s parliament has passed in the third and final reading a bill aimed to amend the law on legal practice and advocacy so success fees for lawyers could be introduced since March 2020.

18:00 20.11.2019

Transport safety officers to be allowed to use electric shocks for self-defense - bill

A bill permitting employees of transportation security units to bear and use electric shocks for self-defense was passed by the State Duma in the third and final reading on Wednesday.

17:03 20.11.2019

Bill on prison sentence for false expert findings gains State Duma’s approval

The State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, adopted a draft law on criminal punishment for knowingly false expert findings in a final third reading on Wednesday.

15:58 20.11.2019

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