Moratorium on capital punishment execution lifted in Donetsk People’s RepublicThe People’s Council of the Donetsk People’s Republic has lifted a moratorium on the execution of death sentences.16:37 08.07.2022
Russia’s State Duma backs creation of extremist materials databaseThe lower house of parliament, the State Duma, adopted a bill to create a specialized information database of extremist materials in a final third reading on Tuesday.13:24 05.07.2022
Penal Code of Donetsk People's Republic enters into forceThe Penal Code of the Donetsk People's Republic, adopted by the DPR parliament in June 2021 and synchronized with Russian legislation, has entered into force.14:04 01.07.2022
President Putin signs law providing for legalization of parallel imports of goodsPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a bill providing for the legalization of parallel imports of goods into law.17:56 28.06.2022
Russian Supreme Court pushes for streamlining procedures governing judges’ career advancesA plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has proposed to submit to the State Duma a bill that would allow judges to be assigned a higher grade without taking into account the place of work of the judge and without observing the sequence of assignment of grades.13:26 28.06.2022
Streaming company Twitch fined $38k for refusal to localize data of Russian citizensVideo streaming service Twitch Interactive was fined 2 million rubles (about $37,7k at the time of writing) on Tuesday for refusal to locate personal data of Russian users in the Russian Federation, the Moscow Tagansky District Court’s press service told RAPSI.12:44 28.06.2022
Russia’s State Duma proposes to tighten responsibility for display of Nazi symbolsPropaganda or public display of Nazi symbols or paraphernalia may be punished with imprisonment for up to four years, according to an amendment to the national law on treason, introduced earlier to the lower house of the Russian Parliament.The State Duma Committee on Legislation and State Building recommended the document for adoption in the second reading.13:48 27.06.2022
Government pushes for development of Russian app storeRussia's government has submitted a bill requiring the development of a Russian mobile app store and its pre-installation on electronic devices and smartphones to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.15:10 23.06.2022
Bill on liability for digital rights violation submitted to Russia’s State DumaChairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Market Anatoly Aksakov has introduced a bill to supplement the national Code of Administrative Offenses with an article on the violation of digital rights before the lower house of Russia's parliament.12:45 23.06.2022
Russian President signs decree on external debt paymentPresident 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
Russia’s upper house of parliament approves legalization of parallel importsThe Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, has approved a government bill providing for the legalization of parallel imports of goods.14:45 22.06.2022
State Duma adopts bill toughening punishment for tortureThe lower house of Russian parliament passed a bill on tough sentence of up to 15 years in prison for tortures in a final third reading on Wednesday.13:05 22.06.2022
Russia’s lower house of parliament backs legalization of parallel importsRussia’s State Duma has adopted a bill on the legalization of parallel imports.17:01 21.06.2022
State Duma passes bill banning foreign companies from tapping mineral resources in RussiaThe State Duma adopted a draft law imposing a ban on the issuance of licenses for developing Russia’s vital mineral resources to foreign companies in the third and final reading on Tuesday.16:20 21.06.2022
Residents of unfriendly states banned from registering legal entities in DPR - decreeA decree of the State Defense Committee of the self-proclaimed Republic, prohibiting the registration of legal entities, the heads, founders or beneficiaries of which are residents of unfriendly states, has come into force.13:43 21.06.2022
Russian court fines Swiss Threema $14K for breaching rules for messaging providersAn 800,000-ruble (about $14K) fine has been imposed on Threema GmbH for failure to comply with Russian legislation governing instant messaging providers.15:54 16.06.2022
Russian Justice Ministry pushes for creation of unified arbitration registryRussia’s Justice Ministry has proposed a bill envisaging creation of a unified national registry where all information on Russian and foreign arbitration institutions will be systemized.13:14 15.06.2022
Lower house of Russian parliament passes bill on punishment for batteryThe State Duma lawmakers adopted a draft law specifying criminal liability for battery for people having conviction for other crimes committed with the use of force in the third and final reading on Tuesday.13:49 14.06.2022
Russian lawmakers advance bill banning websites advertising tobacco productsRussian lawmakers have submitted a bill to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament, proposing to consider websites advertising tobacco products as information prohibited for spreading.11:12 14.06.2022
Cabinet proposes to classify information on Russia’s gold and currency reservesThe Government has submitted a bill to classify information on Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves, to the lower house of parliament.13:59 10.06.2022