Russian government files new bill regulating NGO activityRussian government has filed a new bill regulating activity of non-profit organizations (NGOs).10:59 22.06.2017
Russian Ministry of Justice proposes to extend jury trials to more casesThe Russian Ministry of Justice has prepared a bill envisaging a wider use of the jury trial institution.14:57 19.06.2017
Russian Justice Ministry drafts bill regulating activities of foreign NGOs’ branchesThe Justice Ministry has prepared amendments to the Federal law on non-commercial organizations regulating activities of foreign non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) branches in Russia.11:55 05.06.2017
VII St. Petersburg International Legal Forum establishes Civil Law Achievement AwardThe VII Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum (LF), Russia’s Justice Ministry’s annual conference, has instituted the World Award for Highest Achievements in Civil and Private International Law.15:55 17.05.2017
Russian Justice Ministry to draft bill to improve free legal assistanceThe Justice Ministry has started working out a bill aimed to improve the quality of free legal assistance in Russia.15:40 04.05.2017
Khodorkovsky’s Otkrytaya Rossia NGO put on "undesirable organizations" listThe Justice Ministry has added several foreign NGOs including Otkrytaya Rossia, founded by former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, to the list of "undesirable organizations".14:48 27.04.2017
Russian government backs bill giving life-term prisoners right for long visitsRussian government has approved a bill that would grant life-term prisoners a right to have long visits from relatives.12:39 17.04.2017
Russian Supreme Court refuses to declare Jehovah's Witnesses victims of repressionsThe Supreme Court of Russia has dismissed a counter lawsuit filed by the Jehovah's Witnesses religious organization against the Justice Ministry seeking to declare its actions unlawful and to recognize organization’s members as victims of political repressions.11:15 05.04.2017
Russian Justice Ministry to draft bill on requirements for foreign lawyersThe Justice Ministry have started working out a draft law setting requirements for foreign attorneys working in Russia.12:43 17.03.2017
Russian Justice Ministry develops bill on protection from “credit traps”Russia’s Justice Ministry is developing a bill on protection of Russian citizens from “credit traps” by introducing priority of debt repayment over penalty repayment.15:48 14.03.2017
Registration open for VII St. Petersburg International Legal ForumThe VII Saint-Petersburg International Legal Forum (LF), Russia’s Justice Ministry’s annual conference, will take place on May 16-20, 2017.12:28 30.12.2016
Russian Justice Ministry proposes compulsory use of electronic braceletsRussia’s Justice Ministry is drafting a bill on compulsory use of electronic bracelets for effective control of persons placed under house arrest.10:52 29.12.2016
Moscow court refuses to exclude rights group Memorial from “foreign agents” listMoscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court dismissed an application filed by human rights organization Memorial to be removed from “foreign agents” list.13:48 16.12.2016
Russia’s Justice Ministry, Bailiff Service to control debt collection agenciesRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree authorizing Justice Ministry and the Federal Bailiff Service to take control over activities of debt collection agencies.17:58 15.12.2016
Russian court shuts down charity foundation labeled 'foreign agent'A court in Chelyabinsk sided with the Ministry of Justice and ordered charity foundation 'For nature' that had been designated as a 'foreign agent' to be shut down.15:02 13.12.2016
Russian Constitutional Court to study ECHR ruling on €1.9 bln compensation to YukosRussia’s Constitutional Court will examine on December 15 a request filed by the Justice Ministry to study the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling regarding €1.9 billion compensation to former Yukos shareholders.14:00 11.11.2016
Russia to send request to US for return of convicted pilot YaroshenkoRussia’s Justice Ministry has forwarded a request for return of pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the U.S. for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine, to the Foreign Ministry for its onward transmission to the United State.16:54 14.10.2016
Russian Justice Ministry receives Yaroshenko’s petition on transfer from U.S.Russia’s Justice Ministry has received a petition filed by a lawyer of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year sentence in the U.S. for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine, over potential transfer to Russia.15:46 11.10.2016
Russian Justice Ministry starts paying compensations to comply with ECHR decisionsRussia’s Justice Ministry had started to pay compensations to applicants, who could win their cases in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).18:15 26.09.2016
Levada-Center survey NGO declared foreign agentOne of Russia’s largest non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the Levada-Center, which regularly conducts sociological and market surveys, has been declared a “foreign agent”.10:53 06.09.2016