Russia and Iran join forces for judicial cooperationRussia's Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev and First Deputy Head of Iran’s Judiciary Mohammad Mosaddeq have reached an agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance with the digital transformation of the legal systems of both countries.12:44 18.08.2022
Russian National AI Development Center to be launched in SeptemberThe National Artificial Intelligence Center will be launched in September, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said addressing the International military-technical forum Army-2022.10:10 18.08.2022
About 517,000 crimes with use of infocomm technologies registered in Russia in 2021By the end of 2021, about 517,000 crimes committed using information and communication technologies (ICT) were registered in Russia, according to Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for International Legal Cooperation, Head of the Organizational and Legal Department of the Prosecutor General's Office Sergey Plokhov.15:59 29.06.2022
Global economy losses from cybercrimes estimated at $6 trillion in 2021Estimated losses of the global economy from cybercrimes accounted for 6 trillion dollars in 2021, Dmitry Bukin, Deputy Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s International Information Security Department, said during the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum on Wednesday.12:44 29.06.2022
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
Bill unveiled banning cryptocurrency as means of paymentSenior Russian lawmaker advanced a bill in the parliament on Wednesday banning cryptocurrency as means of payment.11:35 08.06.2022
AI unlikely to be allowed court sentencing - expertThe artificial intelligence (AI) systems can help professional judges analyze data, but they are unlikely to be assigned to court sentencing, according to Ruslan Ibragimov, Director for Legal Research of HSE University.17:49 06.06.2022
Ombudsman Moskalkova plumps for digital technology use extension in criminal processRussia’s Ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has backed an expert proposal to create a new state digital platform for interdepartmental interaction in the criminal process.14:58 06.06.2022
Integrated data system of Russia’s Bar to be part of digital economyHead of Russia’s Federal Chamber of Lawyers Yury Pilipenko believes that the Integrated data system of Russia’s Bar will become a part of the country’s digital economy by its integration with the information systems of justice authorities, courts, law enforcement and other state bodies.10:32 06.06.2022
Putin proposes to create state information protection systemRussian President Vladimir Putin has proposed to consider creation of the state information protection system.16:39 03.06.2022
Russian expert speaks on digital regulation proposalsThe authorities of a number of countries are concerned with regulation of digital services, according to Alexander Zhuravlev, Chairman of the Commission on Legal Support of Digital Economy of the Moscow office of the Association of Lawyers of Russia Alexander Zhuravlev.12:44 14.07.2021
No more scheduled inspections of nonprofits in Russia – Justice MinistryNo future scheduled inspections of non-profit organizations (NPOs) are planned in Russia, Deputy Minister of Justice of Russia Maxim Bezkhmelnitzin said at the Digitalization of National Jurisdiction discussion session held within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) 9 ¾, which completed its work in St. Petersburg on Saturday.11:19 24.05.2021
E-justice used in over 400,000 cases examined in RussiaIn 2020, electronic justice systems were used when considering more than 400,000 cases in Russian courts, Alexey Solokhin, Counselor to the Department of Systematization of Legislation and Analysis of Judicial Practice of the Russian Supreme Court said at the Digitalization and Cybersecurity in Courts track of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) 9 ¾.13:44 21.05.2021
Superservice Digital Enforcement Proceedings to be put in operation in 2022Superservice Digital Enforcement Proceedings, the model of which the executive authorities are currently working on, should start working in 2022, according to Deputy Minister of the Russian Justice Ministry Yevgeniy Zabarchuk at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum (SPBILF) 9¾.14:30 20.05.2021
Russian penal colonies and pretrial detention centers to be equipped with e-legal systemsInstitutions of the Russian penal system are to be equipped with electronic databases of constantly updated normative legal acts regulating the rights and obligations of prisoners.17:06 30.04.2021
Human Rights Council Chair ready to work with EU in health care and digitalization spheresChair of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council Valery Fadeyev voiced his readiness to cooperate with the European Union in the areas of health care and digitalization in the course of his online meeting with Ambassador of the European Union to the Russian Federation Markus Ederer.16:02 24.12.2020
Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council to protect digital rights of citizensThe Presidential Human Rights Council is to establish a working group on protection of digital rights of Russian citizens.14:37 17.09.2020
Civic Chamber member urges Russians’ digital rights to be protected from Western companiesThe digital sovereignty of Russia needs to be protected since the policies pursued by Western IT giants as to moderation of content pose risks to users, according to First Deputy Chair of Russia’s Civic Chamber Commission on Development of the Information Community Alexander Malkevich.12:32 28.08.2020
Russian business ombudsman strives for working on digital legal proceedingsRussia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov has forwarded a proposal to creat a working group on the introduction of digital judicial proceedings to the Supreme Court’s Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev.15:05 08.04.2020