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State Duma of the Russian Federation calls to take out the fraudulent scheme of using escrow accounts

The State Duma urged to pay attention to fraudulent actions that developers can resort to. The question concerns the use of escrow accounts, undervaluation of real estate, as well as its sale to the affiliates. Members of the State Duma Committee on Construction and Housing and Public Utilities drew attention to the problem. The MPs called on the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Construction to develop measures to combat the identified abuse. It lies in the fact that some unscrupulous...

State Duma of Russia will consider the bill on increasing payments in case of bankruptcy

... increase the amount of payments to employees of bankrupt companies. We are talking about including the debts to employees in the second order, as well as changing the current legislative limit on payments (up to 30 thousand rubles for each month). The initiative was taken by the deputies of the Liberal Democratic Party, who proposed to increase the amount to 100 thousand rubles in connection with the forecasted inflation in the country up to 20%. The draft law was published on the Telegram channel ...

The use of traffic cameras in Russia may be limited

The work on a draft law that will clearly regulate the possibilities of installation traffic cameras is underway in the lower house of Parliament. The document was prepared by the relevant committee on transport - for the first time, specific reasons for installing cameras on Russian roads will appear in it. In addition, drivers will have more rights to challenge fines issued as a result of using such fixation tools. The change is supposed to be made to the law “On highways and road activities”...

Yaroslav Nilov proposed to introduce a moratorium on prices for housing and communal services

... paying utility bills for citizens during the spread of coronavirus infection. Among the problems that Russian citizens face, there are the crisis, falling wages, inflation (which almost entirely fell on food products) and job losses. The authors of the initiative believe that the growing cost of utilities has an additional negative impact on the level of life. According to the already approved resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation, in the second half of 2022, prices for housing and ...

The size of tax deduction in Russia may be increased by 2.4 times

... to be increased, since the cost of education and treatment is growing, while the established deduction limit still remains at the level of 120 thousand rubles. The idea has already been formalized into a draft law and sent to the chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Volodin, the day before. Among the authors of the initiative, there are Sergei Mironov and Olga Epifanova. The proposed amount for the deduction is 288,608 rubles. The entry of the norm into the force is expected from the next year. The explanatory note to the document notes that the previous increase ...

State Duma considers the legal regulation of the activities of online marketing fraudsters

... of online coaches, who are often called ‘info-gypsies’ is being considered in the lower house of parliament. They offer paid participation in various trainings and marathons, which are designed to help you become ‘richer and happier’. However, the State Duma of the Russian Federation believes that there are many scammers among the participants in the market that has not yet been regulated in Russia, from which citizens need to be protected. The issue of distribution of paid online coaching was ...

State Duma is preparing a law on extrajudicial freezing of accounts

... submitted for consideration to the lower house of parliament as early as this spring, Gazera.ru reports . Despite the good intentions of the authors of the document, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation has already expressed concern about the initiative. According to the regulator, the innovation may become grounds for abuse, in addition, the legislators have not provided a judicial mechanism for challenging the bank freeze of the account by its owner. The Central Bank believes that the idea ...

State Duma proposed to introduce responsibility for homeless animals

..., officials do not consider this problem a priority. Moreover, there are no regional programs in Russia that would facilitate the construction of new shelters. In addition, the speaker of the State Duma proposed to work out measures to support civil initiatives from both regions and local governments. Volodin noted that creating conditions for the emergence of private animal shelters can also be an effective measure.

Russia to ban surrogate motherhood for foreigners

... parliamentarians do not exclude the possibility of selling Russian children for organs necessary for other kids. Deputies from a ‘Just Russia’ party, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and also the Liberal Democratic Party generally support the initiative, noting that order in this area needs to be restored, but carefully. Parliamentarians cite a situation where a Russian woman can be married to a foreigner, while the couple has medical indications for surrogate motherhood as an example.

The term of unsecured loans may be shortened in Russia

A bill to limit the period for issuing an unsecured loan has been submitted to the lower house of parliament. It is proposed to reduce the term of such loans to five calendar years. Additionally, the document contains a legal development on changing the procedure for calculating the full cost of a loan product, as well as an obligation for banks not to impose additional services on borrowers. It was proposed to make an exception for consumer loans, which are provided for the provision of state or...

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