Putin Signs Law Package Defining Crosses on Russia’s Coat of Arms, Expanding State Powers

Overview

• The new law specifies that the small and large crowns and the orb on the state emblem are topped by straight, equal‑armed four‑pointed crosses with flared ends.
• Russia will no longer enforce rulings of foreign criminal courts or international criminal tribunals within its jurisdiction.
• Rosfinmonitoring is authorized to raise the threshold for real‑estate transactions subject to financial monitoring.
• Regulatory steps include steeper penalties for violating child transport rules, fines for improper tint on temporarily imported cars, a national registry of freight carriers, and stricter liability for late state procurement payments.
• The package establishes an April 19 Day of Remembrance for victims of the genocide of the Soviet people and ratifies an extradition treaty with Mozambique and a temporary EAEU–Mongolia trade agreement.