Emergency

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Russia’s Cabinet approves bill on compensations to foreigners stranded in emergency zones

The 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

Bill on obligatory evacuation in face of emergency reaches State Duma

The Government has submitted a bill obliging citizens to abandon territories where there is an emergency danger to the lower house of parliament.

16:37 01.03.2021

Russia’s Government Law-Making Commission backs bill on rescuers’ justified risk

The 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

Draft law on fines for repeated false emergency calls presented for MPs’ discussion

A bill on penalties of up to 5,000 rubles ($65) for repeated false calls to emergency services has been submitted to the lower house of Russian parliament.

12:00 25.09.2020

Mayor of Norilsk charged with negligence over fuel spillage disaster

Negligence charges have been brought against mayor of Norilsk in the Krasnoyarsk Krai Rinat Akhmetchin over the fuel spillage disaster in the region.

10:53 11.06.2020

Putin approves distance learning system during emergencies

President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a bill on e-learning and state final examination at times of emergencies into law.

13:53 08.06.2020

State Duma backs distance learning during emergencies

The State Duma adopted a bill on e-learning and state final examination at times of emergencies in the second and third readings on Wednesday.

16:23 27.05.2020

Bill on special procedures for refunds in emergencies reaches State Duma

A bill seeking to empower the government to set special procedures for refund of payments consumers made for booking, tourist tours, and travel tickets in anticipation of or amid emergencies has been submitted to the State Duma.

14:17 08.05.2020

Initiative on online medicine sale adopted by Russian lawmakers

A bill on online sale of pharma drugs during epidemics and emergencies has passed its final reading in the lower house of Russian parliament.

14:09 01.04.2020

Quarantine breachs, epidemic fake news to be also punishable by administrative law

Amendments to the Code on Administrative Offenses stipulating penalties for breaching quarantine, other sanitary and epieniological rules and distribution of life-threatening consequences fake news were adopted by the State Duma in the second and third readings on Tuesday.

14:16 31.03.2020

Bill broadening Government’s powers at times mass diseases loom reaches State Duma

Russia’s Government has submitted to the State Duma a package of amendments to the legislation seeking to vest it with new powers to prevent and respond to emergencies, among them threats of mass diseases outbreaks.

09:33 27.03.2020

Federation Council backs bill fixing drug prices during emergencies

The Federation Council on Wednesday approved a bill on fixing maximum allowed prices of certain medicine during emergencies or outbreaks of infections.

15:20 25.03.2020

Russia’s Economics and Trade Ministry proposes bankruptcy cases moratorium

Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has drafted a legislative proposal envisaging freezing of the bankruptcy cases launch.

12:11 23.03.2020