A migration amnesty law is being developed that could allow as many as five million illegal immigrants to become Russian citizens. A migration amnesty law is being developed that could allow as many as five million illegal immigrants to become Russian citizens. The Migration of the 21st Century foundation, which seeks to assist the...

... In 2010, the first court ruling on bringing ISPs to civil responsibility appeared. The Supreme Commerce Court of the Russian Federation decided last year that ISPs may be recognized as responsible and financially liable for damages caused by users' illegal content. For this purpose, courts shall appraise the following criteria: awareness of an ISP about the infringement, the extent of an ISP's involvement, as well as an ISP's actions on deleting and banning illegal content and relevant users. If...

In a close vote, State Duma deputies on Tuesday gave tentative approval to a bill that would sharply increase fines on protesters who participate in illegal rallies, even as police detained opposition activists for protesting the legislation outside. In a close vote, State Duma deputies on Tuesday gave tentative approval to a bill that would sharply increase fines on protesters who participate...

Sergei Udaltsov and Alexei Navalny emerged from prison Thursday, while a dramatic standoff erupted at a State Duma hearing over a bill that would hike fines for illegal demonstrations. Two of the opposition’s most popular leaders emerged from prison Thursday, vowing to ratchet up street demonstrations while a rare, dramatic standoff erupted at a State Duma hearing over a bill that would significantly...

Founder of the MMM-2011 pyramid scheme Sergei Mavrodi is under investigation for "aiding and abetting illegal business activity," after the Novosibirsk prosecutor's office opened a criminal case in relation to the scheme. Founder of the MMM-2011 pyramid scheme Sergei Mavrodi is under investigation for "aiding and abetting...

... was praised in the report for establishing a court on intellectual property rights that will start operating in February 2013 and taking legal actions against infringing websites and social networks like Vkontakte.ru, which provide an environment for illegal file sharing. Notably, Savyolovsky Market in Moscow is no longer regarded as the notorious piracy lair it once was, after measures were taken to prevent distribution of infringing goods, the report said. "The violation of intellectual property...

A State Duma committee has introduced changes that would drastically cut the maximum fines in a proposed bill boosting the penalties for illegal rallies. A State Duma committee has introduced changes that would drastically cut the maximum fines in a proposed bill boosting the penalties for illegal rallies. After its first reading, the bill mandated an increase in fines on people who...

... for pirated software use, after China. Russia took second place for pirated software use, after China, according to an analysis by Business Software Alliance, Vedomosti reported Tuesday, but overall pirating is down. The cost of the software illegally used worldwide in 2011 reached a record $63.4 billion, the report said. In 2010, that figure was estimated at $58.8 billion. Among developing countries, the highest piracy rate was in China — 77 percent. Its inhabitants used illegal software...

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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has ordered prosecutors to investigate the &quot;illegal&quot; privatization of property assets belonging to the Yakovlev and Tupolev aviation firms. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has ordered prosecutors to investigate the "illegal" privatization of property assets...

... population. She declined to say what proportion of the consortium’s crab business is made up of inshore quotas versus quotas beyond the 12 mile exclusion zone. Poaching Meanwhile, illicit crab fishing is booming. Nobody knows the true scale of illegal poaching in the area, said Pereladov, of the VNIRO institute. “But there are rumors that in the Motovsky Gulf alone, more than 100 light-tonnage ships are harvesting crabs,” Pereladov said, adding that much of the Barents Sea is officially...

... when it opens. Raskalov said the authorities questioned him and his friends for three hours before letting them go. "We carried out a preventive conversation with them," a police spokesman told Interfax, adding that the trio's actions were illegal and an investigation had been opened. It was unclear what charges, if any, might be filed against them. The police spokesman identified Raskalov's friends as residents of Moscow and Vladivostok. None of the three had insurance, Interfax said....

... “Attempts to give the demonstration at Barrikadnaya official status will be continued,” said Yelena Tkach, the municipal councilwoman who made the proposal, Interfax reported. Meanwhile, a key supporter of a State Duma initiative to hike fines for illegal demonstrations said the maximum fines stipulated by the bill, which is scheduled to undergo its first reading on Friday, could be lowered. “The question of changing the maximum and minimum fines will be discussed,” said Deputy Vladimir...

... was also tinged with a sense of foreboding, a recognition that the good times could soon be over. President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, had said Friday that police will dismantle camp — but he didn't say when. "It's there illegally," Peskov told Afisha magazine. Protesters' demands to annul the results of the recent parliamentary and presidential elections were "stupid," he said. "It's an attempt by a minority to bend the majority to its will."...

... Center, which was celebrating a city-sanctioned Festival of Freedom on the eve of what would have been Andrei Sakharov's 91st birthday. Meanwhile, the State Duma on Friday postponed the first reading of a bill that would significantly raise fines for illegal protests. The bill, criticized as a measure to stifle dissent, would increase maximum fines for participating in illegal demonstrations from 2,000 rubles ($65) to 1 million rubles ($32,368) and for organizing them from 5,000 rubles to 1.5 million...

... from Navalny, arguably the opposition's most popular leader, ahead of a large rally scheduled for June 12. Navalny is scheduled to be released from prison Thursday after serving a 15-day sentence for his role in demonstrations that police said were illegal. Kostunov denied that the request was politically motivated. "When the press reports it through the prism of Navalny, they make it look political. If you replaced 'Navalny' with a United Russia deputy in this case, they'd be calling for his...

... Barrikadnaya metro station, where a makeshift kitchen and security patrols were established by the afternoon. Several hundred had gathered there by early evening. The move comes as opposition mounts to a State Duma bill that would vastly increase penalties for illegal protests. The Public Chamber and a group led by former Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin both came out against what they described as a draconian measure on Wednesday. United Russia deputies said the new rules are necessary to prevent a repeat of...

... crowd of cheerful supporters marching down Tverskaya Ulitsa towards Manezhnaya Ploshad. Sobchak and Navalny were detained outside the ITAR TASS agency building on Bolshaya Nikitskaya, in the rain, at about 10:30 p.m. 
 Sobchak called her arrest illegal. "It was an absolutely illegal arrest. We didn't chant, we didn't stand with signs. I walked around town with a group of people that didn't want to separate," she wrote on Twitter. Udaltsov was arrested later in the early hours of Wednesday...

... events and, in December, filed a complaint in Dorogomilovsky District Court against Stroinadzor, the city's construction oversight agency, and OATI, the city's technical inspection department, demanding that the building permit for the school be declared illegal. On April 23, a judge ruled that Stroinadzor broke the law when it issued the permit and declared it null and void, court spokesman Sergei Dvorak said. As a result, OATI's work order is also nullified, Andreyeva said. That means that the kindergarten...

CHISINAU — A Moldovan court sentenced three people for their part in illegal trafficking of uranium-235, which can be used in making nuclear weapons. The three were part of a five-member group. They were seized by police in central Chisinau in June, apparently while exchanging a cylinder containing the radioactive material...