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State Duma Security Committee approves bill tightening rules for issuing weapons licenses

The State Duma Committee on Security and Corruption Control has recommended the lower house of Russia’s parliament to adopt in the first reading a bill establishing additional grounds for refusing to issue licenses to acquire weapons.

11:39 12.05.2021

Russian Civic Chamber member backs President Putin’s decision on turnover of weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision on the need to urgently adjust the procedure governing the turnover of weapons with respect to civilians needs to be supported, according to First Deputy Secretary of the Civic Chamber Vyacheslav Bocharov.

15:56 11.05.2021

Number of forensic expert institutions must be increased in Russia – official

Russia’s Justice Minister Konstantin Chuichenko considers necessary to augment the number of forensic expert institutions in Russia and to provide them with modern criminalistic equipment.

17:00 29.04.2021

Use of insider information about athletes to be defined as wrongdoing in Russia

The Government Law-Making Commission has approved an initiative of the Russian Ministry of Sports aimed at combating match-fixing and corruption in sports.

14:54 29.04.2021

Russian Child Rights Commissioner backs ban on surrogacy services for foreigners

Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova believes a bill prohibiting surrogacy services for foreigners will be adopted.

13:26 27.04.2021

Federation Council approves ban on seizure of debtors’ pets

The upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, approved a draft law prohibiting confiscation of domestic animals of debtors on Friday.

12:02 23.04.2021

Russian government approves amendments as to launch of cases over embezzlement

The Government Law-Making Commission has approved amendments to the Russian Criminal Procedure Code envisaging certain changes in the procedure governing the initiation of criminal cases over funds allocated for state defense, national projects and state procurement.

17:57 21.04.2021

Putin introduces fines for forcing stowaway children from public transport

President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a bill introducing fines of up to 30,000 rubles (about $400) for forcing stowaway children from public transport vehicles into law.

15:22 20.04.2021

State Duma backs legislative proposal to ban officials from holding dual citizenship

The State Duma adopted a draft law prohibiting state and municipal officials to hold dual citizenship in the third and final reading on Tuesday.

13:49 20.04.2021

Russia’s Civic Chamber seeks that telecom operators provided users’ geodata to rescuers

The Russian Civic Chamber has developed a list of recommendations the body believes are necessary to improve the efficiency of search for missing persons in the natural environment and to improve the accuracy of determining their location.

15:52 16.04.2021

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Russia boosts sanctions against high profile citizens of Canada

Russian authorities have banned 43 more high-ranking Canadian citizens from entering the country.

16:51 27.06.2022

Russian President signs decree on external debt payment

President 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

Environmental violations up in Russia by almost 3 times — Supreme Court head

The 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