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Law of Russia
- Internet censorship in RussiaIn November 2012, Russia activated a centralized internet blacklist known as the Common register of domain names. This system allowed the Federal Service for…
- Corruption in RussiaRichard Palmer, the CIA station chief in Moscow during the early 1990s, described a massive transfer of state wealth following the collapse of the Soviet…
- Decree of the President of RussiaA Decree of the President of Russia carries the weight of a by-law within the Russian legal system. This status places it alongside Decrees of the Government…
- LGBTQ rights in RussiaIn December 1917, the Russian Soviet Republic decriminalized homosexuality following the October Revolution. The Bolshevik government rewrote the…
- Russian anti-LGBTQ lawOn the 11th of June 2013, the State Duma voted unanimously to pass a law commonly known as the Russian anti-LGBTQ law. Only one member abstained from the…
- Russian citizenship lawThe federal law On Citizenship of the Russian Federation came into force on the 1st of July 2002. This statute replaced decades of imperial and Soviet…
- Ministry of Justice (Russia)The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire was founded on the 8th of September 1802 by Manifesto of Alexander I. This document established both the…
- Russian 2022 war censorship lawsOn the 4th of March 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Federal Laws No.31-FZ and No.32-FZ into effect. These statutes established administrative…
- Supreme Court of RussiaThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation traces its institutional lineage directly to the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union.
- Russian undesirable organizations lawPresident Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law N 129-FZ on the 23rd of May 2015. This legislation followed earlier measures like the 2012 Russian foreign agent…