Russian State Duma OKs Bill on Use of Russian Forces to Defend Russians Arrested Abroad

NAMPA / Sputnik

2026-05-13

MOSCOW, May 13 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian State Duma adopted on Wednesday in the second and third readings the law on the right to use armed forces to protect Russians arrested by foreign courts without the participation of Russia, as well as whose competence is not based on an international treaty of the Russian Federation or a resolution of the UN Security Council. According to the draft, the Russian armed forces by decision of the President,......

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