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Articles with tag "State Duma"

Russian Lawmakers Pass Spending Bill With Record Defense Budget

The three-year budget allocates a record $133.63 billion to national defense in 2025, accounting for nearly 40% of the government’s total spending.

Russian Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning ‘Childfree Propaganda’

“Without children, there will be no country,” State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin told lawmakers ahead of the vote.
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Russian Parliament Ratifies Defense Treaty With North Korea

“It’s important for us to develop comprehensive and allied relations” with North Korea, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said.
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Russian Parliament Speaker Calls for Extradition of Ex-Putin Aide Chubais

“Where’s Chubais? Take him and extradite him,” State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said during a parliamentary session.
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Russian Lawmakers Pass Bill Expanding ‘Undesirable’ Label to Include State-Affiliated Orgs

The bill would empower the Justice Ministry to label any state-sponsored entity as “undesirable,” imposing similar criminal penalties as those for...
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Police Launch Probe After Russian Lawmaker Attacked

Communist Party member Mikhail Matveyev said he was attacked by “migrants” while attempting to stop them from harassing a passerby on Thursday.
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Russia Moves to Ban Lawmakers From Unauthorized Foreign Travel

The Duma Speaker said that lawmakers should choose to travel the destinations within Russia instead.
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opinion Valentina Chupik

How Russia Plans to Make Life Hell For Migrants

Migrants in Russia already suffer from discrimination and violence. A proposed law could empower corrupt authorities to make things worse.
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Russia Moves to Raise Pensions for Working Retirees

The State Duma voted in favor of a bill that would increase pension payments for an estimated 7.87 million working retirees starting in February.
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Russian Lawmakers Approve Mishustin’s Return as PM

The State Duma voted 375-0 in favor of Mikhail Mishustin’s reappointment, a sign the Kremlin is banking on continuity and stability.
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Russia Moves to Ban ‘Foreign Agents’ From Running for Political Office

The restriction was initially proposed after several “foreign agents” announced their plans to run for Moscow’s City Duma later this year.
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Russian Lawmakers Pass Bills Allowing Future Suspects, Convicts to Sign Army Contracts

Both bills would replace existing laws that cover only those suspected or convicted of crimes committed before June 2023.
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Russian Lawmakers Pass Advertising Ban for 'Foreign Agents'

If the bill is passed into law, advertisers would be banned from working with “foreign agents.”
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Russian Duma Speaker Blames U.S., EU for Navalny’s Death

“It is they who made a huge number of ill-fated decisions and cling to their positions who benefit from his death,” Vyacheslav Volodin said.
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Russia Moves to Ban Foreign State-Funded Orgs as ‘Undesirables’

Senior State Duma lawmaker Vasily Piskarev accused the West of forcing Russia to expand its criteria for “undesirable” organizations.
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Russian Lawmakers Pass Bill Allowing Property Seizure From War Critics

“An absolute major thinks it's necessary to punish traitors," State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said after Wednesday's vote.
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Russia's State Duma Moves to Seize Property of Army Critics

The draft legislation, now passed in its first reading, would allow authorities to seize the property of those convicted of “discrediting” the army...
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Russia to Debate Seizing Property From Army Critics

Russia will consider a bill next week that would confiscate the money, property and valuables of anyone convicted of spreading "fakes" about its army,...
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Russian Lawmakers to Lose Free Gas Privileges for Driving Foreign Cars – Izvestia

Putin ordered officials in August to support sanctions-hit domestic carmakers by giving up foreign-made vehicles.
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Russian Lawmakers Oppose Ban on Abortions in Private Clinics – Vedomosti

The State Duma’s Committee on Health Protection reportedly insisted that a woman's right to choose where she has an abortion should be preserved.
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