Russia's Duma approves resettlement bill

MOSCOW, June 18 (UPI) -- The draft law and its related amendments were passed by Russia's lower house, the State Duma, in a first reading April 16 and a second reading Tuesday. A final reading and vote is scheduled for June 21, the Russian news ...

The State Duma will ban illegal downloads from the Internet. On June 14th, the parliament considered the bill to fight piracy on the Internet after several members from different factions submitted the initiative for consideration. The type of ...

Russia's State Duma has approved a bill in its second reading that would ban the adoption of children by foreign same-sex couples. Amendments to the law on the protection of orphans were approved on June 18. Passage of the amendments in the bill's ...

MOSCOW. June 18 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin said that attempts to falsify the history of World War II were unacceptable. "Unfortunately, attempts to falsify historical facts ...

Moscow-June-17(BNA)A Bahraini delegation today held a meeting with Russian State Duma Deputy Speaker for the Middle Eastern Nikolai Levichev. Led by Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security Committee Chairman Mp. Abdulrahman Rashid Boumjeed, ...

Listen Th The Federal Migration Service is skeptical about State Duma plans obliging migrants entering Russia without a visa to get a 30,000 ruble ($900) promissory note guaranteeing that they can pay for their own deportation. "The idea is ...

Law on 'Homosexual Propaganda' Approved by Duma The St. Petersburg Times Vadim Sidorov Legislation banning "homosexual propaganda" at the national level was passed by the State Duma on Tuesday in its second and third readings amid protests ...

Vadim Sidorov Scenes outside the State Duma during the reading of the 'Blasphemy Bill.' The controversial legislation that introduces tough penalties for offending believers' feelings is set to come into force in July after State Duma Deputies ...

The parliament has passed a ban on "homosexual propaganda" that introduces heavy punishment for public statements about "non-traditional sexual relations." Oleg S. probably knew his murderers. The deputy director of a regional airport on the ...