Sources: CBS News
Lawmakers in the State Duma vote to withdraw Russia from 21 conventions of the Council of Europe. 2023-02-16
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
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 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
Russia's Duma unanimously passes a law banning foreign same-sex couples from adopting Russian children. 2013-06-18
Bills banning homosexual "propaganda" pass through Russia's parliament; gay people are hit with eggs by anti-gay extremists and then dragged off by police near the Duma. 2013-06-11
The lower house of parliament in Russia gives initial backing to a bill forcing internationally-funded non-governmental organisations to carry a "foreign agent" tag. 2012-07-7
Voters in Russia go to the polls for an election for the State Duma. 2011-12-4