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Cryptocurrency to be invested, not used as payment instrument – Russia’s State Duma

This Wednesday, the State Duma adopted in the third and final reading a bill on digital financial assets and digital currency defining cryptocurrency as a set of e-data in an information system, which is not a unit of Russian currency and with respect to which there is no a liable party.

18:03 22.07.2020

Russian lawmakers step up to restrict use of e-cigarettes and hookahs

The State Duma MPs have finally adopted a bill restricting the use of electronic cigarettes and hookahs.

17:26 22.07.2020

Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on regulatory sandbox

The lower house of Russia’s Parliament has approved in the third and final reading a bill envisaging the possibility of introduction of experimental legal regimes, the so-called regulatory sandboxes in the digital innovations sphere.

17:09 22.07.2020

Case of actor Efremov to be heard by judge of footballers Kokorin and Mamayev

Judge Elena Abramova, who has delivered sentences in high-profile cases against football players Alexander Kokorin and Pavel Mamayev and ex-police Colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko, will hear a fatal crash case against famous actor Mikhail Efremov.

16:04 22.07.2020

State Duma adopts amendments protecting Russia’s territorial integrity

Bills establishing punishments for actions aimed at cession of Russia’s territory and calls for such actions have passed its final third reading in the State Duma.

15:55 22.07.2020

Moscow lawyer given 3-year suspended term for $18K embezzlement

A 41-year Moscow attorney Alexander Barinov has received a 3-year suspended sentence in a case over embezzlement of more than 1.3 million rubles ($18,000).

15:46 22.07.2020

MPs to discuss bill on youth policies in Russia

A bill on youth policies envisaging that persons up to 35 years old are to be put in this category has been submitted to the State Duma, according to a document published on the database of the lower house of Russia’s Parliament.

14:22 22.07.2020

Admin of Telegram channel pleads guilty to porno peddling

The Police Ombudsman Telegram channel’s admin Igor Khudyakov has pleaded guilty to public porno peddling.

13:27 22.07.2020

Russia’s Supreme Court says no to tougher punishments for falsification of evidence

The Supreme Court of Russia has refused to back a bill toughening responsibility for falsification of evidence and data resulting from law enforcement intelligence-gathering activities.

12:54 22.07.2020

Fatal crash case against famous Russian actor Efremov reaches court

The Presnensky District Court has registered a case against famous Russian actor Mikhail Efremov accused of committing a fatal road traffic accident in a drunken state.

12:11 22.07.2020

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Russian courts allowed not to implement rulings of Europe's human rights court

Russia's Supreme Court proposed not to implement rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the provisions of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).

12:53 09.12.2025

Redomiciliation stalls: How sanctions are shaping new practices for Russian companies

The mechanism for redomiciliating foreign companies to Russian jurisdiction, in effect since 2018, has recently encountered serious obstacles. Taking into account the background of sanctions-related restrictions introduced in 2022 through 2025, it has become extremely difficult to achieve the goal. The situation gave rise to the phenomenon of dual domicile and led to a rise in the number of new litigations, both in Russia and abroad.

12:32 09.12.2025

Soldiers jailed for killing US journalist Russell Bentley

A military court in Donetsk sentenced three soldiers to up to 12 years in prison for torturing and killing Russell Bentley, a 63-year-old U.S. national who collaborated with Sputnik news agency.

14:05 08.12.2025