President Vladimir Putin has submitted to Russia’s parliament a draft resolution on Moscow’s suspension of the INF Treaty with the United States. If the Duma approves the bill, the suspension will become law. The State Duma will consider the draft later on Thursday. Russian president will be able to renew the suspension at his discretion. In February, the US announced its unilateral withdrawal... 

State Duma deputy from the LDPR faction, Alexander Starovoytov, appealed to the Federal Road Agency of the Russian Federation with a proposal to study the experience of the Netherlands in building plastic roads. In the Netherlands, there is a pilot project for the construction of roads from plastic materials. The project saves a lot of money as it stipulates a whole different technology for building... 

Russian president Vladimir Putin has proposed a bill to the country’s legislature to eliminate the dollar and the euro from trade between member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). A statement from the Kremlin said that Putin submitted to the State Duma a draft federal law which seeks an integrated currency market in the CIS. “This would help expand the use of national currencies... 

An Upper House lawmaker says very soon Russia will introduce a law banning draft dodgers from becoming government ministers, judges and prosecutors. Senator Viktor Ozerov (Khabarovsk Region), who shared this forecast with reporters, currently chairs the Defense and Security Committee in the Federation Council. “Very soon we will pass the law that would preclude draft dodgers from assuming high posts... 

Chairman of the Defense Committee of the State Duma Vladimir Komoedov made a statement regarding Russia’s right to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea. According to the official, the Russian Federation will not ask anyone’s permission to do so, RIA Novosti reports. “We will not contaminate such a gem with nuclear weapons, what we have there already is enough. However, Crimea is a Russian... 

Russia may ban the advertising of junk food during children’s shows aired on national TV or radio. The Parliament is considering new amendments to the Advertising Law which would limit marketing of foods containing high amounts of fat, salt and sugar. A relative new comer to Russian politics, young MP Alena Arshinova, is trying to change the face of the nation by banning fast food commercials from... 

A nationalist party MP is suggesting the Russian government introduce more restrictions on food imports, covering nations that have an association agreement with the EU, including Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. Roman Khudyakov of the Liberal Democratic Party caucus of the State Duma has said that, since the association agreement with the European Union prepares the conditions for a free trade zone... 

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday delivered ​​a report to the deputies of the State Duma on the work of the government in 2013. The report from the head of the cabinet lasted for one hour, ten minutes and was interrupted by applause eight times. In his speech, the Prime Minister spoke about the achievements and challenges in the activities of the government, announced the plans... 

Low-quality film products conquer children’s immature minds. Parents may try to protect the younger generation from poor quality food or harmful toys, but it is hard to protect individuals from watching low-grade films. Will Russia change its cultural policy because of yet another standoff with the West? This issue affects many spheres of life in Russia, not only ideology or, if you like, good... 

While in the West hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are protesting against the wide spread of genetically modified foods, Russia has taken a complex stance in relation to GMOs. On the one hand, the Russian President is hinting at the possibility of a total ban of such products, while on the other hand Russia has ratified international agreements that do not allow such bans. Meanwhile, a clear... 

The State Duma’s assembly hall. State Duma deputy from United Russia parliamentary caucus claims that the recently introduced ban on promotion of non-traditional sex relations to minors should be extended to families. Therefore, homosexual parents have no right to raise their children. MP Aleksey Zhuravlev submitted the suggested amendments to the Family Code to the State Duma on Thursday. The... 

On Tuesday, June 11th, members of the lower house of the Russian parliament discussed in the second and third readings a bill to ban the propaganda of non-traditional relationships to children. As a result, the bill was accepted with 436 deputies voting in support of the bill, 1 abstained and 0 opposition. In the morning, supporters and opponents of the bill came to the building of the State Duma.... 

Russian nationalists could attract up to 10 percent of the vote in next the parliamentary elections and representation in State Duma would allow them to become even more popular, according to experts attached to Russia’s Public Chamber. In the near future Russian nationalist parties would be able to successfully compete with the established political parties and in 2016 a nationalist party could... 

Some 9,500 people have marched in central Moscow against the so-called Dima Yakovlev anti-adoption law. The protest has been peaceful, with no arrests made. ­Despite the freezing temperatures in Russia’s capital this weekend, Kremlin critics and opponents of the ban converged on the Boulevard Ring for the protest they dubbed ‘Against the Scoundrels’, referring to State Duma lawmakers who approved... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Kremlin, in Moscow, after he told top officials in the Kremlin that he intends to sign into law a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children, December 27, 2012. Russian President Vladimir Putin says he intends to sign into law a bill that bans Americans from adopting Russian children. “I do not yet see any reason why I should not sign it,”...