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The Russian Federation Council unanimously approves the State Duma's bill to revoke Russia's membership in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
2023-10-25

The State Duma votes unanimously to revoke Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
2023-10-17

Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian-Chechen member of the State Duma, is reportedly injured in Ukraine.
2023-06-14

Russian State Duma deputies approve the introduction of the concepts of mobilization, martial law, wartime and armed conflict, as well as punishment for desertion, into the Criminal Code.
2022-09-20

The State Duma of Russia reports that a referendum on the accession of the Luhansk People's Republic to Russia will be held in the near future.
2022-09-19

President Vladimir Putin signs amendments to the Criminal Code of Russia criminalising the spreading of falsehoods about Russian soldiers and the Russian Armed Forces, as well as calling for anti-Russian sanctions. According to the changes to the Criminal Code, spreading falsehoods about the Russian army will be punishable by 10–15 years of imprisonment, with the possibility of an additional fine of 700,000 to 1.5 million rubles (US$6,400–13,700) and up to three years of forced labour. The other two activities will carry a lesser punishment but all include possible imprisonment. The bill was previously accepted unanimously by the State Duma.
2022-03-4

The draft law on making amendments to 14 articles of the Constitution of Russia was presented by the working group in only five days. The same day Russian President Vladimir Putin formally submitted a bill on amendments to the lower house of parliament.
2020-01-20

Sergey Mironov, leader of the Russian opposition party, A Just Russia, submits a bill to the State Duma on holding to account anyone who denies that the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces was a "genocide".
2015-11-25

The Russian Wikipedia goes blank for 24 hours in a protest over legislation before the State Duma that would allow the creation of a unified digital blacklist of all websites containing banned content. [http:--en.rian.ru-society-20120710-174509543.html (RIA Novosti)] (Russian Wikipedia)
2012-07-10

Independent exit polls suggest the governing United Russia party failed to get a majority in the Duma, amid accusations of massive voter harassment and DDoS attacks targeting blogs.
2011-12-4