The State Duma has frozen “law Rothenberg” until next year – RBC

The State Duma has frozen "law Rothenberg" until next year – RBC

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In the constitutional committee of the State Duma received a letter from the Deputy Minister of Justice Dmitry Aristov to extend the deadline for the submission of amendments to the draft law on compensation from the budget for the Russians to foreign judgments until January 30.

The project was adopted on October 8 in the first reading vote of United Russia . Author Initiative United Russia Vladimir Ponevezhsky said during his discussion about the willingness to work on the text and take into account the comments of the Government. After that the constitutional committee of the State Duma has appointed a maximum period of 30 days for the provision of the amendments. However, after this period of the author and the government amendments in committee were received. Their proposals sent only deputies from opposition factions.

Profile Committee agreed to wait until the end of January. Earlier, the chairman of the committee said Vladimir Piligin RBC that is not going to prepare amendments to the bill. Ponevezhsky unhurried consideration of amendments to its bill explains the “ongoing process of his thinking on all sides».

Before this document was considered at an accelerated pace. It was introduced on September 23 supported the relevant committee within a week, and a week later approved in the first reading. Transience of its adoption Piligin explained the need for early protection of the rights of Crimeans, for which, according to him, the Ukrainian courts can “politically motivated decisions.” Because of the introduction of the initiative at a time when there were reports of the arrest of the property in Italy Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg, a media initiative became known as the “law of the Rothenberg».

The government initially gave a negative conclusion, and then the positive feedback on the bill his criticism including “government hour” in the Duma Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev. Harshly criticized him and the deputies from the opposition – all the factions, besides United Russia, said they would vote against the draft. In the end, they showed a record unanimity, was filed 202 votes against. According to the deputy, “Fair Russia” Mikhail Emelyanov, the law is not popular and not very well done, and the government does not want to annoy people in an economic crisis, so it is postponing consideration.