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Lawmaker seeks criminalization of suicide assistance
A Russian MP has called for stronger punishment for people who assist those contemplating suicide by providing advice, including on the internet, as well as people who remove obstacles preventing others from taking their own lives.
United opposition movement intends to back Navalny at forthcoming presidential polls
A Russian union of several opposition organizations called Solidarity has decided to join the campaign to register anti-corruption activist Aleksey Navalny as a candidate at 2018 presidential elections.
Constitutional Court orders retrial in Russian protester’s case
Russia’s Constitutional Court on Friday ordered a retrial in the case of a citizen sentenced to prison for repeatedly violating rules governing street rallies and activities. It also ruled that the norm prosecuting such repeated violations was lawful.
No return to PACE before restrictions are lifted – Russian Duma chief
Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Russian State Duma, says that lawmakers will not work with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) until it lifts the ban preventing them from voting on resolutions and even discussing problems.
Opposition figure Kara-Murza out of coma, father denies allegations of poisonong
The coordinator of the Open Russia opposition group, Vladimir Kara-Murza, is out of a coma, according to his lawyer. Earlier, Kara-Murza’s father doubted reports his son had been poisoned, blaming his grave condition on stress and past illness.
Duma committee wants Russian lawmakers to withdraw ‘obsolete’ bills
A parliamentary working group set up to improve the quality of legislative work has announced it will ask State Duma deputies to withdraw all obsolete bills in hopes of cutting the amount of work in half.
Russian opinions on death penalty split evenly, poll shows
Just over 40 percent of Russians have told researchers that they wanted the moratorium on death penalty lifted and an equal share of respondents have said that they wanted it to remain in place.
Snowden’s Russian lawyer hopes for clemency from Trump
Edward Snowden’s Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena has said that he and his client hope that Donald Trump will soon drop the case against the NSA whistleblower and allow him to return home.
‘Confrontational agenda’: Russian envoy blasts NATO border activities
Moscow’s envoy to NATO has said the bloc’s recent moves and future plans aimed at boosting its military presence near Russian borders have no justification and have only served to heighten tensions.
Most Russians back ban on US adoptions – poll
More than half of all Russians participating in a recent poll said they want the Dima Yakovlev Law, which bans the adoption of Russian children by US citizens, to remain in force, with about a third saying that one day they could become adoptive parents.
