According to the law, the courts should have the right to reduce compensation at the request of the defendant taking into account all the circumstances relevant to the case.

At the EU summit on 21 June 2019, the 27 heads of state and government expressed their intention to cooperate with the new British Prime Minister in a spirit of trust.

In Russia, December was by far the most eventful month of 2011. United Russia's poor showing in the December 4th parliamentary elections and the street demonstrations that followed undoubtedly sent a jolt to the leadership.

The RF Central Bank (the "CBR") recently has announced that the requirement to hold special transaction accounts and noninterest reserves for certain transactions will be lifted on July 1, 2006, as opposed to the original deadline of January 1, 2007.

A draft amendment to the Federal Law "On Banks and Banking Activities" that allows companies other than credit institutions to accept payments that usually fall under banks’ jurisdiction (the "Payments Amendment") passed its third reading by the State Duma on July 7, 2006.

Companies operating in Russia can now exclude themselves from liability for bribery by way of self-reporting to the Russian law enforcement agencies.

In Russland tätige Unternehmen können sich nun durch Selbstanzeige bei den russischen Strafverfolgungsbehörden von der Haftung für Bestechungsdelikte befreien.

On 25 July 2008 a new Administrative Regulation came into force issuing conclusions with regard to attracting a foreign work force and issuing work permits for foreign citizens .

Das russische Mediengesetz beschränkt die direkte und indirekte Kontrolle von Ausländern über die russischen Medien.

The Federal Law on the legal status of foreign citizens in the Russian Federation has been amended.

The RF Duma is considering an amendment to the Civil Code that, if ratified, will resolve an inconsistency in Russian law and open the door for any commercial entity to engage in factoring.

The amendments to article 19.1 of the Media Law came into effect on 1 January 2016.

Corruption either involves the giving or taking of bribes or it involves actions by officials abusing their position or power which both damage the lawful interests of society or the state and are aimed at obtaining profits (including valuables, property, property services or property rights).

The president has recently signed into law a bill "On Making Amendments to the Law of the Russian Federation "On Subsoil"...

Die Rechtsvorschriften über die Rechtsstellung ausländischer Staatsangehöriger in der Russischen Föderation[1] wurden geändert, insbesondere werden zusätzliche Pflichten für Unternehmen eingeführt ...

In July, world attention focused on Russia, as the Group of Eight summit convened in St. Petersburg. Russia was invited to join the G8 in 1998 both to recognize and to encourage its transformation to a market-based democracy. It’s been 16 years since the Russian Federation formally declared its independence from the Soviet Union.

The Federal Law, dated 3 July 2016, No. 315-FZ (hereinafter - the 'Law No. 315-FZ') amended Article 317.

On January 15, 2020, Vladimir Putin delivered a message to the Federal Assembly in which he raised a question. Is there a "Constitutional revolution" in Russia?