Sources: CBS News
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
Adam Delimkhanov, a Russian-Chechen member of the State Duma, is reportedly injured in Ukraine. 2023-06-14
The State Duma unanimously gives preliminary approval to a bill strengthening a law against "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations". The bill will expand the ban on "propaganda" to all ages, and will outlaw media and online resources, including films, books, and theater productions. 2022-10-27
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
Russia's State Duma approves a bill removing the upper age limit for contractual service in the Russian Armed Forces. The bill will now head to President Vladimir Putin to be signed into law. 2022-05-25
The Russian State Duma passes a bill that will allow state prosecutors to close Russian bureaus of media outlets from countries that Russia deems "unfriendly". The bill will now need to be passed by the upper house and receive President Putin's signature. 2022-05-24
Russia imposes sanctions on 287 members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in response to sanctions on members of its State Duma. Senior cabinet ministers and House Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle are among those sanctioned. 2022-04-27
Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a law β voted by the State Duma on 22 May and approved by the State Council on 30 May β with countermeasures against actions of the United States and other "unfriendly" countries. 2018-06-4
Russia's Duma unanimously passes a law banning foreign same-sex couples from adopting Russian children. 2013-06-18
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