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8 Dec 2006, 5:47 am
  According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, "the subject is not closed yet [and] can be considered again in case we receive interesting proposals from foreign partners. [read post]
7 Dec 2006, 12:09 am
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin [official profile] on Wednesday signed into law [press release] a controversial bill that eliminates a rule requiring at least 50 percent of voters to turn out in order for poll results to be validated. [read post]
27 Nov 2006, 9:10 pm
The verdict follows President Vladimir Putin's call last week for... [read post]
11 Nov 2006, 5:15 am
JAMES OBERG SAYS THAT OVERWROUGHT PRESS COVERAGE is producing a Russia/U.S. war of words over outer space, even though there's really no there, there: International frictions over space policy took a rising turn this week, with Russian President Vladimir Putin accusing unnamed countries â € ” clearly meaning the United States and perhaps Israel â € ” of "seeking to untie their hands in order to take weapons to outer space,… [read post]
16 Oct 2006, 2:27 am
[JURIST] European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso [official website] told the press on Sunday that he intends to urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring justice to those who killed independent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya [BBC report] on October 7 in her apartment building. [read post]
8 Oct 2006, 8:09 am
[JURIST] Russian immigration officials have proposed stricter migrant laws hard on the heels of a call [text of speech] by President Vladimir Putin [official profile] to crack down on illegal immigrants at a Thursday cabinet meeting. [read post]
3 Oct 2006, 12:09 pm
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin [official profile] has signed a bill officially ratifying the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism [text, PDF], the Kremlin announced Tuesday. [read post]
13 Sep 2006, 3:36 am
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website, English version] has said he will not make an exception to the Russian Constitution [text] or other laws in order to pursue a third term [JURIST news archive] for himself in the scheduled 2008 Russian election. [read post]
29 Jul 2006, 12:33 pm
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website] has signed a controversial law against extremism that a Kremlin statement described as "aimed at improving the definition of extremist activity by classifying socially dangerous actions as extremist. [read post]
13 Jul 2006, 6:05 am
[JURIST] US President George Bush has said he will tell Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website, English version; BBC profile] that non-governmental organizations should be able to function "without intimidation" and that Russia needs to have an "active civil society" in private meetings between the two presidents during this week's Group of Eight (G8) [DOS backgrounder] summit in St. [read post]
13 Jul 2006, 1:29 am
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website, English version; BBC profile] on Wednesday signed a law that shortens the conscription term and wipes out five accepted reasons for military draft deferments. [read post]
6 Jul 2006, 2:01 am
[JURIST] The Russian Duma [official website, in Russian], the lower house of parliament, overwhelmingly passed a draft law Wednesday that would give Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website, English version] the right to use Russia's armed forces and secret services abroad for counterterrorism measures. [read post]
23 Jun 2006, 3:32 am
[JURIST] Two Russian officials switched roles Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin appointed former Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov [MosNews profile] to the justice minister post several hours after former Justice Minister Yury Chaika was approved as the new prosecutor general in a 91-1 vote by the Federation Council [official website], the upper house of parliament. [read post]
19 Jun 2006, 8:08 am
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website] nominated Justice Minister Yury Chaika [official profile, in Russian] on Monday to be the country's new prosecutor-general [official website]. [read post]
17 Apr 2006, 5:23 am
The new law, signed [JURIST report] by Russian President Vladimir Putin in January, implements strict registration requirements, imposes financial oversight on NGO operations, and provides for dissolution if an organization's activities " [read post]
7 Feb 2006, 9:43 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he will begin moving towards the abolition of the death penalty in Russia. [read post]
17 Jan 2006, 3:52 am
[JURIST] Russia's official newspaper, Rossiskaya Gazeta [media website] reported Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law [AP report] granting tighter state control over non-governmental organizations, including those foreign-based, though there has been no official announcement from the Kremlin. [read post]