More than 150 policemen brought to liability for violations in gun control
More than 150 police officers have been brought to liability for violations in weapons trafficking after an inspection carried out by the Prosecutor General's Office.
FSB breaks up illegal arms trafficking operation
Two businessmen from Bryansk, Russia and Mogilev, Belarus, who organized a supply chain of modern service pistols from Europe will spend three and four years in prison respectively.
Supreme Court supports increased liability for unlawful weapon use
The Supreme Court has approved a bill which allows the liability to be increased for intentionally causing physical harm with a weapon, says State Duma Committee on Security and Combating Corruption head Irina Yarovaya.
Federal Security Service pulls the plug on illegal weapons workshop
Special services have clamped down on illegal firearm production ring in Voronezh; the confiscated arsenal may have been intended for terrorists, the Federal Security Service reports on Monday.
Increased liabilty proposed for weapons handling under the influence
State Duma Committee on Security and Combating Corruption head Irina Yarovaya has submitted amendments to the State Duma to the legislation which increases liability for using weapons while intoxicated, as well as raising the age for buying weapons from 18 to 21.
Police to toughen gun control regulations after Moscow massacre
Amendments which tighten the regulations for carrying weapons may be approved in the near future in response to a recent incident in Moscow where a 30-year-old lawyer shot dead five of his colleagues.
Gun legalization bill to be submitted to parliament in 2013
A bill to legalize short-barreled guns will be submitted to parliament in early 2013
Bans on weapons possession must reflect owner's guilt
Mikhail Barshchevsky, the government's plenipotentiary representative in the Constitutional Court has said on Thursday that bans on the right to buy sporting guns should take into account the gravity of any weapons-related offenses committed by potential owners.