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Russia’s Lower House has passed the bill that reduces domestic violence to an administrative offence, but repeated cases or violence that leads to bodily harm will still be prosecuted under the Criminal Code.

Russian citizens consider Britain’s decision to quit the EU the most important international event of 2016, with the US presidential elections and the military conflict in Syria following closely in the ratings released by the VTSIOM poll center.

The Russian State Duma is set to consider a bill that, if passed, would forbid parents from giving their children weird, obscene or unpronounceable names. The author of the draft says she prepared it in order to protect children.

Two Russian lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party have proposed that Russian citizens be allowed to join political parties from the age of 16, saying the measure would boost an interest in politics among the younger generation.

After Russian media ran a story alleging numerous sex crimes at a Moscow school, Senator Yelena Mizulina announced plans to draft a bill that would punish child abuse by teachers or parents with life in prison.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected a complaint from two Russian convicts who claimed that Russia’s ban on handing down life prison sentences to female, underage, and elderly citizens infringes on their right to fair justice.

The Russian lower house Committees for Security and Information Policy have recommended passing a bill introducing prison sentences of up to 10 years for cyber-attacks that disrupt data systems of state agencies and strategic industries.

Dmitry Medvedev has been reelected as chairman of parliamentary majority party United Russia. Other senior leaders of the party also retained their posts and State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin joined its Supreme Council.

Communists of Russia, a minor left-wing party, has proposed fining those who deny or distort the official history of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, saying such misrepresentations could sow societal discord and undermine the country’s stability.

The head of Russia’s Central Elections Commission has said all OSCE nations should adopt single standards that would allow them to compare the performance of various nations and register progress or regression in democracy.