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Russia cuts legal ties with Soviet past, most bizarre old laws will be axed
From banning sofas and soft carpets in offices to seizing property from political emigrants, old Soviet laws have been hampering Russia’s development for decades. But now 20,000 outdated acts will finally be made obsolete.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the so-called ‘regulatory guillotine’ as a measure against the excessive and ineffective regulation of business. It’ll see a massive...