(Feb. 7, 2019) On December 27, 2018, the President of the Russian Federation signed the Law on Children’s Rights Commissioners. (Federal Law on Children’s Rights Commissioners, Dec. 27, 2018, N 501-FZ, Russian government’s Official Legal Information Portal (in Russian). The Law expanded the authority of the Children’s Rights Commissioner, a post created by a presidential […]
(Jan. 18, 2019) On November 26, 2018, the government of the Russian Federation issued a regulation that permits the testing of driverless cars on regular roads to begin. (Government of the Russian Federation, Regulation No. 1415 of November 26, 2018, on Conducting an Experiment in Testing the Use of Highly Automated Vehicles on Public Roads, […]
Topic: Motor vehicles, Research and development, Roads and highways, Science and technology, Technical innovation
(Dec. 11, 2018) Russian citizens placed under house arrest will be allowed to vote according to a law approved by the Federation Council (lower house of the Federal Assembly) on December 5, 2018. (Citizens Placed Under House Arrest Will Be Able to Vote—State Duma], RAPSI (Nov. 22, 2018) (in Russian); Law No. 1063338-6 on Introducing […]
(Nov. 9, 2018) On September 25, 2018, the State Duma of the Russian Federation (the Russian legislature) in its third and final reading adopted a bill criminalizing groundlessly terminating or refusing to hire persons of preretirement age. The bill is incorporated into the current Criminal Code of the Russian Federation as article 114, “Groundless Denial […]
(May 15, 2018) On May 10, 2018, the parliamentary faction of the ruling Russian political party, United Russia, introduced in the State Duma (lower chamber of the federal legislature) a bill aimed at amending the country’s Code of Administrative Violations with provisions that would establish punishment for involving minors in public events that were not […]
Topic: Children, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of speech, Legislative bodies, Protest and dissent, Social media
(Mar. 29, 2018) In a recently issued ruling, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation confirmed the constitutionality of the current criminal procedural order under which investigators do not need to obtain a court warrant to access the content of electronic communications found on telephones, tablets, and personal computers of persons investigated at the scene […]
(Sept. 5, 2017) On July 29, 2017, the President of the Russian Federation signed two recently adopted federal laws that prohibit the anonymous use of online messenger applications and detail the procedure for blocking access to websites recognized by the Russian authorities as prohibited. (Law on Information and Information Technologies Has Been Amended, KREMLIN.RU (official […]
Topic: Freedom of speech, Internet, Protest and dissent, Right of privacy
(Sept. 27, 2016) In July 2016, the most recent amendments to the Russian Federal Law on Weapons entered into force. (Federal Law No. 227-FZ of July 3, 2016 on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation and the Repeal of Certain Legislative Acts (Provisions of Legal Acts) of the Russian Federation in Connection […]
(July 18, 2016) On July 6, 2016, the President of the Russian Federation signed into law the recently adopted Federal Law No. 375 on Amending the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation in Regard to Creating Additional Measures Aimed at Countering Terrorism and Protecting Public […]
Topic: Criminal code, Freedom of religion, Freedom of speech, Terrorism
(July 18, 2016) On July 6, 2016, the President of the Russian Federation signed the recently adopted Federal Law No. 374 on Amending the Federal Law on Counterterrorism and Select Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation Concerning the Creation of Additional Measures Aimed at Countering Terrorism and Protecting Public Safety (Federal Law No. 374, PRAVO.GOV.RU […]
Topic: Communications, Freedom of speech, Information technology, Intelligence activities, Internet
