In recent weeks, laws on "foreign agents", "fake news" and "discrediting" the Russian army were made substantially harsher. This statement was originally published on ipi.media on 15 January 2025.

Russian lawmakers passed controversial legislation Thursday that would dramatically expand the government’s ability to punish internet users — not for sharing forbidden content but for simply looking ...

And now, Russian lawmakers have taken a new step to protect the Russian president. The new law. A new legal move in Moscow ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on debt forgiveness for certain recruits on Saturday. It allows for up to $96,000 in debt forgiveness for those who sign a minimum one-year contract to ...

MOSCOW — The lower house of Russia’s parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that would set the stage for Moscow to remove the designation of the Taliban in Afghanistan as a terrorist group. Under the ...

Russian aerospace firm Yakovlev is highlighting legislative measures aimed at averting development of a market for unapproved spare parts as a result of shortages driven by sanctions. New legislation ...

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Eka Gigauri is used to harsh words from officials about the anti-corruption work she does in Georgia. But seeing her face on posters, accusing her of being an agent of foreign influence, a traitor and ...

MOSCOW — The Russian parliament on Wednesday gave its initial backing to legislation that would ban nationals from countries that allow people to change their gender from adopting Russian children, a ...

At a protest against Russia's foreign agent law, a woman holds a sign in Russian reading, "The best people of Russia have become foreign agents. Shame on the authorities!" on Nov. 6, 2021. (Ivan ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers submitted legal amendments Tuesday that would allow the government to register international media outlets as foreign agents, a retaliatory move to a demand the U.S.

Jonathan Nelms, a Baker McKenzie partner in Washington, D.C., who spent nearly three years toiling in the firm's Moscow branch, chooses his words carefully when describing the current state of ...