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1 Jul 2011, 8:12 am
, are "calls to extremist activity" and placed them on the Federal List of Extremist Materials [text, in Russian], effectively banning them in Russia. [read post]
26 Nov 2008, 1:15 pm
[JURIST] Russia's Federation Council [official website, in Russian], the upper house of parliament, voted 144-1 on Wednesday to approve amendments to the Russian Constitution [materials] that would extend presidential terms [Article 81(1) text] from four to six years and terms for members of the Duma [Article 96(1) text], or lower house, from four to five years. [read post]
28 Jan 2011, 11:36 am
The Russian Federation Council on Wednesday voted to ratify the treaty [JURIST report]. [read post]
27 Apr 2011, 2:18 pm
[JURIST] Former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko [personal website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday filed a corruption lawsuit in a US federal court against a natural gas trading company. [read post]
18 Apr 2017, 10:29 am
The Russian Federal Security Service [official website] says that Abror Azimov pled guilty to planning the attack. [read post]
21 Jul 2012, 8:07 am
Opponents of this new law, which was passed [JURIST report] by the Russian Federation Council [official website] on Wednesday, say that its purpose is to curb free speech [RFE/RL report] and limit information available to the public. [read post]
22 Dec 2008, 3:33 am
[JURIST] Russia's Federation Council [official website, in Russian], the upper house of parliament, gave final approval Monday to amendments to the Russian Constitution [materials] that would extend presidential terms [Article 81(1) text] from four to six years and terms for parliament members [Article 96(1) text] from four to five years. [read post]
4 May 2023, 10:00 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued Decree No. 302, “On Temporary Management Over Certain Assets,” on April 25, authorizing the Russian federal agency for state property management—or any governmental agency the president may designate —to exercise external management over such assets held by foreign persons associated with the so-called "unfriendly states” as listed in the decree. [read post]
22 Feb 2017, 11:35 am
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation [official website] annulled the 2.5 year prison sentence [RAPSI report] of Ildar Dadin, who was the first person to be convicted under a relatively new anti-protest law. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 2:25 am
[JURIST] Russia will create an organization to track and monitor human rights abuses in Europe and the US, according to Anatoly Kucherena, a lawyer on Russia's new Public Chamber [official website, in Russian], an ombudsman-like body established two years ago at the urging of Russian President Vladimir Putin to analyze draft legislation and serve as a watchdog on federal and regional [read post]
4 May 2023, 10:00 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued Decree No. 302, “On Temporary Management Over Certain Assets,” on April 25, authorizing the Russian federal agency for state property management—or any governmental agency the president may designate —to exercise external management over such assets held by foreign persons associated with the so-called "unfriendly states” as listed in the decree. [read post]
22 Mar 2014, 8:22 am
The signing comes three days after Russian President Vladimir Putin [official website] and representatives of Crimea signed a treaty [JURIST report] that incorporates Crimea into the Russian Federation. [read post]
27 Dec 2007, 4:17 pm
[JURIST] A Russian military court in the North Caucasus region sentenced Russian Interior Force officers Yevgeny Khudyakov and Sergei Arakcheyev to 17 and 15 years in prison respectively Thursday for killing three construction workers [International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights report] during a January 2003 operation in the war-torn region of Chechnya [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
22 Aug 2012, 12:55 pm
[JURIST] The World Trade Organization (WTO) [official website] admitted the Russian Federation [press release] as its 156th member on Wednesday, bringing to a close accession negotiations that began in June 1993. [read post]
20 Apr 2006, 7:39 am
[JURIST] A lawsuit filed by the Russian Justice Ministry's Federal Registration Service [official website, in Russian] against the Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committees [advocacy website], a local NGO representing the rights of soldiers, was dropped Wednesday after the group publicized the fact that they had received a summons to appear in court. [read post]
31 Oct 2008, 7:43 am
[JURIST] Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) [official website] Thursday announced that Russian oil companies Rosneft and LUKoil [corporate websites] broke competition laws in the Russian market by fixing monopoly-like prices this summer. [read post]
4 May 2023, 10:00 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued Decree No. 302, “On Temporary Management Over Certain Assets,” on April 25, authorizing the Russian federal agency for state property management—or any governmental agency the president may designate —to exercise external management over such assets held by foreign persons associated with the so-called "unfriendly states” as listed in the decree. [read post]
24 Jan 2007, 12:01 pm
[JURIST] The Russian Constitutional Court [RIN backgrounder] will now hold its sessions in St. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 4:51 pm
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation [official website] has upheld a prior ruling to shut down the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society [advocacy website], a small NGO that reported on human rights violations and disappearances in the Northern Caucasus. [read post]
6 Feb 2007, 4:35 am
[JURIST] Russian President Vladimir Putin [official profile] signed into law [press release] Monday a bill moving the Russian Constitutional Court [RIN backgrounder] from its current Moscow location to St. [read post]
