Bill to empower prosecutors to represent Russia in ECHR to be heard as priority
The State Duma Anti-Corruption Committee on Tuesday held that a draft law empowering the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts should be discussed as a matter of priority.
State Duma to discuss bill giving investigators right to conduct interviews by videolink
Draft amendments to the Russian Code of Criminal Procedure granting investigators the right to interview victims, specialists, experts and witnesses in criminal cases via videoconferencing means has been submitted to the lower house of the Russian parliament.
Bill obliging foreign IT giants to open offices in Russia passes first stage in State Duma
The State Duma passed a bill obliging foreign IT companies to open offices in Russia in the first reading on Tuesday.
Russian Administrative Offense Code to punish for authorizing operations with criminal properties
The Government Law-Making Commission has approved draft amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses establishing significant fines for financial operations and transactions involving property obtained illegally.
President Putin proposes to empower Prosecutor General's Office to represent Russia in ECHR
Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to the State Duma a bill seeking to empower the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts.
Russian authorities to complicate rules for children traveling abroad with foreign parents
The Government Law-Making Commission has approved an initiative prohibiting a foreign parent from traveling abroad with children being Russian citizens in the absence of the consent of the other parent.
State Duma Defense Committee backs ban on public identification of USSR with Third Reich
The State Duma's Defense Committee has supported a bill banning the public identification of the role of the USSR and Nazi Germany in World War II.
State Duma committee backs decriminalization of inadvertent drug circulation violations
The State Duma Committee for State Construction and Legislation on Thursday recommended that lawmakers should pass a government bill on the humanization of criminal legislation in relation to persons who had committed violations of the rules for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the course of medical activities, which inadvertently entailed loss thereof.
Government commission backs bill on Justice Ministry’s access to bank secrecy
The Government Law-Making Commission on Thursday approved an initiative giving the Justice Ministry a right to receive the banking secrecy information from credit organizations, according to Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Gruzdev.
Russian MPs back tougher punishment for arms trafficking
The State Duma passed a bill toughening punishment for illegal trafficking in weapons and explosives in the first reading on Tuesday.