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Russian parliament to consider penalties for illegal abortion

On June 18, the State Duma will hold a second reading of a bill on penalties for illegal abortion. The date was proposed by a committee for the Chamber on Constitutional Legislation and State-Building.

16:32 09.06.2014

Tax officials could be fined for damages and losses they cause to taxpayers

Tax officials could be fined for damages and losses they have caused to innocent individuals, read the amendments to the Administrative Offenses Code that were submitted to the State Duma on Monday, the lower house has written on its website.

14:57 09.06.2014

State Duma to hear bill on daylight savings time on June 10

The State Duma will hold the first hearing of a daylight savings time bill on June 10. Under the bill, “Moscow time” would be designated as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) plus three hours, and time zones in Russia would be based on UTC time zones.

14:14 09.06.2014

Politkovskaya murder mastermind and killer sentenced to life

The Moscow City Court on Monday sentenced Lom-Ali Gaitukayev and Rustam Makhmudov to life in prison for the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

12:20 09.06.2014

Deportation order upheld for Polish rock band Behemoth

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court has rejected an appeal filed by Behemoth, a Polish rock band, against a court decision to deport the musicians for breaching visa regulations, according to the court’s website.

11:53 09.06.2014

Russian lawmakers demand investigation of Rusnano

A group of State Duma lawmakers have sent a letter to Prosecutor General Yury Chaika demanding that he order an investigation of the state corporation Rusnano and its chief executive, Anatoly Chubais, Izvestia newspaper writes on Monday, citing the letter.

11:26 09.06.2014

Crimea Deputy Prime Minister to sue Dow Jones for using his name in ad

First Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Crimea, Rustam Temirgaliyev, will sue Dow Jones & Company for mentioning his last name in a print ad in The Wall Street Journal, Izvestia reports Monday.

10:55 09.06.2014

Fakes uncovered in late oligarch Berezovsky’s art collection - report

Investigators have discovered that 19 of the paintings in the £50 million ($84 million) art collection of the late Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky are fakes.

10:16 09.06.2014

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