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In December 2008 the State Duma (Russian parliament) adopted and the President signed into law the federal Statute “On Provision of Access to Information on the Activity of Courts in the Russian Federation”. Among other things the Statute stipulates that full texts of decisions and verdicts of all courts and well as information on appeals and their results shall be published on official Internet sites to be established by the courts in Russia. The texts will be edited to remove information pertaining to State secrets and other secrets protected by law. In addition, all names (except those of participating...

On 9 February 2009 President Dmitry Medvedev of the Russian Federation signed the Federal Statute On provision of access to information on activity of the State bodies and bodies of local self-government, earlier adopted by the State Duma (the national parliament). The Statute enters into force on 1 January 2010. The main aims of the new Statute are openness of activities of governmental and municipal authorities, a wide use of new technologies, and objective and full information for the public on the activities of the State. The Statute is founded on the principle of the presumption of openness...

A year ago in this very same publication, Dmitry Golovanov reported on the “Transformation of Author’s Rights and Neighbouring Rights in Russia” (see IRIS plus 2008-2) and created enormous interest in the topic throughout the audiovisual industry. The impact of Russian copyright law on the audiovisual industry and the industry’s interest in the topic naturally exceeded what could be printed on eight pages. Therefore, we are pleased to take you on a second journey through important rules of Russian copyright law, this time focusing on the legal status of the producer of audiovisual works. As for...

On 7 May 2008 the Federal Statute of the Russian Federation О порядке осуществления иностранных инвестиций в хозяйственные общества, имеющие стратегическое значение для обеспечения обороны страны и безопасности государства (“On the procedures of foreign investments in commercial joint-stock companies that present strategic importance for the defence and security of the nation”) entered into force. According to the new statute among such strategic commercial joint-stock companies are those that provide radio and television services, as well as printing and publishing of the mass media outlets. A...

By a decree of Dmitry Medvedev, the President of the Russian Federation, a new Government structure has been introduced in Russia. In particular, point 5 of the decree of 12 May 2008 moved the issues of developing and implementation of the state policy and regulation in the sphere of mass communications and the mass media (including audiovisual media) from the hands of the former Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications (now - Ministry of Culture) to the newly established Министерство связи и массовых коммуникаций (Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications) of the Russian Federation...