Putin orders regions to draft plans on staged lifting of coronavirus restrictionsRussian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered regional authorities to prepare plans on the staged lifting of restrictions imposed due to the spread of coronavirus infection after May 11.16:50 06.05.2020
Income support payments specified in Russia due to COVID-19 spreadA bill specifying income support payments to families with unemployed members over the coronavirus crisis has become law. The document signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin is published on the official website of legal information. The State Duma and the Federation Council backed the initiative on April 17.14:19 24.04.2020
Bill on simplified access to Russian citizenship becomes lawThe law simplifying the procedure of obtaining Russian citizenship by foreigners on Friday was enacted by President Vladimir Putin.13:03 24.04.2020
Russian President grants witness immunity to ombudsmenPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a bill granting the privilege of witness in civil and criminal proceedings to Russia’s and regional human rights commissioners into law.12:21 24.04.2020
Putin signs law on tax benefits at time of coronavirus spreadRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed amendments to the Tax Code stipulating support measures for citizens, healthcare staff and businesses over the coronavirus pandemic into law.13:59 22.04.2020
Russian President asked to postpone Victory Parade due to COVID-19 spreadRussian veterans’ organizations have requested President Vladimir Putin to postpone the May 9 Victory Day Parade in Moscow due to the coronavirus outbreak.16:32 15.04.2020
President Putin instructs Cabinet to assist socially-oriented NGOsRussia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday instructed the Cabinet of Ministers to take steps to provide assistance to socially-oriented non-governmental (NGOs) organizations helping citizens amid the pandemic by May 15, the Presidential press-service informs.16:29 13.04.2020
Russian President enforces support measures over coronavirus pandemicPresident Vladimir Putin has ordered regional authorities and federal executive bodies to carry out a complex of additional support measures over the spread of coronavirus.11:41 10.04.2020
Criminal penalty for damage to war memorials fixed in RussiaPresident Vladimir Putin has signed a bill on criminal punishment for destruction or damage of war cemeteries and memorials commemorating fallen defenders of the Motherland or devoted to the Days of War Glory of Russia into law.15:51 07.04.2020
Business ombudsman seeks for allowances to Russians on indefinite leaveRussia’s business ombudsman Boris Titov believes businesses are to be allowed to put employees on indefinite leaves to be paid monthly statutory minimum wages by the state in order to save jobs.The ombudsman has formulated this initiative and a number of other measures aimed at changing the regulation of the economy in the time of the crisis he elaborated as a result of a massive survey of businesses across the country regions in his letter addressed Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.10:24 07.04.2020
Putin approves repayment holidays for citizens, business amid coronovirus crisisRussian President Vladimir Putin on Friday enacted a bill on repayment holidays for citizens, individual entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses drafted over the coronavirus epidemic into law.22:04 03.04.2020
Russian President allows for online medicine sale durig emergenciesA bill on online sale of pharma drugs during epidemics and emergencies was signed by President of Russia Vladimir Putin into law on Friday.21:53 03.04.2020
Russian medical professionals fighting COVID-19 to receive bonus payments - orderPresident Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered Russian Government to allocate funds from the budget for payment of incentive rewards to healthcare workers providing medical aid to people suffering from coronavirus.14:47 03.04.2020
Putin orders Government to draft coronavirus economic impact bailout planPresident Vladimir Putin has ordered the Government to take measures managing the fallout from the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic.13:31 03.04.2020
Putin extends non-working regime in Russia for month over coronavirus outbreakPresident Vladimir Putin on Thursday extended non-working days in Russia because of the spread of coronavirus until April 30.17:35 02.04.2020
President grants penitentiary officers access to medical records of drug-addicted convictsRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a provision permitting officers of penitentiary establishments responsible for controlling convicts obliged to undergo drug treatment to access privileged medical information thereof.12:08 02.04.2020
Putin introduces fines for pharma drugs overpricingPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a law on fines for overpricing of medicine, according to the official website of legal information.10:40 02.04.2020
Russian Cabinet’s powers at times mass diseases loom extendedRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill to vest the Cabinet of Ministers with new powers to prevent and respond to emergencies, among them threats of mass diseases outbreaks, into law.01:09 02.04.2020
Special tax regime for self-employed people legislatively approved in RussiaPresident Vladimir Putin has extended a special beneficial tax treatment to self-employed persons across Russia. The law’s version signed by the President has been published on the official website of legal information.00:11 02.04.2020
Russian President fixes penalties for quarantine breachs, epidemic fake newsPresident Vladimir Putin on Wednesday enacted bills toughening punishment for violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules and penalties for distributing fake news about emergencies and epidemics into law.20:35 01.04.2020