Russian Justice Ministry drafts order on telephone talks of female prisoners...
The Russian Ministry of Justice has developed a draft order granting women the right to carry out telephone conversations with their children, the body's press service informs on Thursday
View ArticleRussia’s Cabinet urges tougher responsibility for drunk driving
The Russian government has submitted to the State Duma a bill envisaging an increase from 2 to 3 years of the maximum prison sentence for repeated driving while intoxicated.
View ArticleRussian President signs bill on punishment for insults to veterans into law
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed an initiative on criminal liability of up to imprisonment for humiliation of honor and dignity of veterans of the Great Patriotic War into law.
View ArticleBill on state protection of military personnel enacted into law
President of Russia Vladimir Putin has enacted a draft law on the state protection of military personnel into law.
View ArticleRules for initiating drug cases to be toughened in Russia
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law envisaging that the discovery of narcotic drugs in the body of a person would not to be a basis for initiating a criminal case.
View ArticleBill specifying number of presidential terms becomes law in Russia
A bill specifying the number of presidential terms became law in Russia. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed a corresponding document on Monday.
View ArticlePresident Putin signs law on new requirements for nonprofits registered as...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning the use of residential premises as locations of structural units of foreign NGOs.
View ArticleRussia’s Children Ombudsman urges adoption of federal support program for...
The Russian Commissioner of Children’s Rights Anna Kuznetsova believes that it is necessary to adopt a federal program for support of large families in Russia.
View ArticleState Duma adopts bill on tougher punishment for premeditated bankruptcy in...
The State Duma has approved in the first reading a government bill on toughening the criminal liability of bankruptcy commissioners for their unlawful actions related to the process of bankruptcy.
View ArticleBill decriminalizing inadvertent drug circulation violations by doctors...
A government draft law on the humanization of criminal legislation in relation to persons who have committed violations of the rules for the circulation of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in...
View ArticleState Duma committee backs extremist materials database bill
The State Duma Anti-Corruption and Safety Committee on Wednesday recommended that the lawmakers should adopt in the first reading a government legislative proposal to create a specialized information...
View ArticleMarrow Donor Register to appear in Russia
The Federal Marrow Donor Register will be created in Russia, according to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
View ArticleRussia to sign Convention on Recognition of Foreign Judgments in Civil Cases
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Ministry of Justice to sign on behalf of the Russian Federation the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or...
View ArticleBill on rules for visiting stores by shoppers with pets reaches State Duma
A bill vesting the Russian Government with the power to introduce requirements concerning shoppers with pets visiting restaurants and grocery stores has been submitted to the State Duma.
View ArticleState Duma MPs back ban on confiscation of debtors’ pets
The lower house of Russian parliament adopted a bill prohibiting confiscation of domestic animals of debtors in the third and final reading on Tuesday.
View ArticleState Duma adopts bill on commemorating soldiers fallen in battles of Great...
The State Duma adopted in the third and final reading a bill introducing a moratorium on construction and earthworks in the territories where the remains of soldiers who had died during the Great...
View ArticleRussian Justice Ministry takes strides to create Unified State Register of...
The Justice Ministry of Russia is developing a bill on the Unified State Register of Attorneys, according to Justice Minister Konstantin Chuichenko.
View ArticleLawyers need permission to bring phones, cameras to detention centers – Chamber
The Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation proposes to allow councelors to bring technical communication equipment into the territory of detention centers, as well as devices that allow...
View ArticleRussia’s Civic Chamber seeks that telecom operators provided users’ geodata...
The Russian Civic Chamber has developed a list of recommendations the body believes are necessary to improve the efficiency of search for missing persons in the natural environment and to improve the...
View ArticleRussian government approves anti-terrorism requirements for children's camps
All Russian children's camps will have system for transmitting alarm messages to emergency services; buildings and territories will be inspected at least four times a day, according to new...
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