Falsification of product labeling to be criminalized in Russia - billThe Government Law-Making Commission has approved amendments to the Russian Criminal Code introducing liability for falsification of the labeling of goods, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Vladimir Gruzdev informs RAPSI.13:19 25.03.2021
Bill on professional defense discretion drafted in RussiaThe Government Law-Making Commission has considered a drafted bill on the introduction of the professional discretion notion in defense.13:20 23.03.2021
Bill on length of investigated persons' stay in psychiatric hospitals reaches State DumaThe Government has submitted to the State Duma a bill setting the time frame for which a person in custody is to be temporarily placed in a medical institution that provides psychiatric care.13:54 22.03.2021
Russia’s Cabinet approves bill on compensations to foreigners stranded in emergency zonesThe Government Commission on Legislative Drafting has approved an initiative on granting the right to receive compensation payments to foreign citizens and stateless persons who have found themselves stranded in emergency zones.15:43 18.03.2021
Rules for submitting investigated persons to mental treatment to be codified in RussiaThe Government Commission on Legislative Drafting has considered draft amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code, which clearly define rules for sending persons under investigation to psychiatric hospitals.11:35 16.03.2021
Presidential, parliamentary nominees posts to be obliged to declare cryptocurrency dealsThe Government Law-Making Commission has considered an initiative on the obligatory declaring of cryptocurrency dealings for presidential nominees, parliamentary and governor candidates.13:25 01.03.2021
Russia’s Cabinet to discuss bill on sale of properties through electronic tenderingThe Government Law-Making Commission is working on an initiative to sell seized properties of debtors exclusively by the way of online tendering.16:46 02.02.2021
Organizations to face fines for industrial disaster data hiding – billThe Government Law-Making Commission has backed a draft law envisaging fines for hiding information on technogenic accidents dangerours for environment.16:10 26.01.2021
Failures to pay EAEU duties to be criminalized – billThe Government's Law-Making Commission has examined an initiative to criminalize non-payment of special, antidumping, and equalizing duties introduced by the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).13:16 21.01.2021
Government commission backs humanization of criminal responsibility for doctorsThe Government Law-Making Commission has approved a bill on the humanization of criminal responsibility for healthcare workers.12:23 21.01.2021
Fines planned for CSPs failing to pass traffic from foreign satellites through Russian earth stationsA bill amending Russia’s Code of Administrative Offences to the effect that domestic communications service providers (CSPs) are to be fined if failing to pass traffic from foreign satellites through Russian earth-based stations has been developed, according to Chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev.17:01 24.12.2020
Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on increased use of biometrics systemThe State Duma had approved in the third and final reading a bill on increased use of the Unified Biometric Identification System, Chairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev told RAPSI on Wednesday.14:17 23.12.2020
Russia’s Government Law-Making Commission backs bill on rescuers’ justified riskThe Government Law-Making Commission has approved adjusting of the law on accident rescue service and status of rescuers as to the concept definition of justified risk.12:54 10.12.2020
Russia's Cabinet backs Supreme Court initiative on perpetual tenure for justices of peaceA Governmental Commission has backed a bill developed by Russia’s Supreme Court, which envisages that the terms in office of justices of the peace should be indefinite; currently, a package of these amendments is being readied for the second reading in the State Duma.11:59 05.11.2020
Government’s commission backs bill on collection of suspects' DNAThe Government Law-Making Commission has backed an initiative to extend DNA sample collection to all suspected criminals.17:31 23.10.2020
Russian Lawyers Association’s chair proposes to develop new drafts of legal codesChairman of the Association of Russian Lawyers Vladimir Gruzdev proposed to develop a new draft of the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code during the Stolypin Forum’s business protection session on Wednesday.15:55 22.05.2019