Medvedev Targets Russia’s ‘Legal Nihilism’ With New Policy
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved a state policy to improve the rule of law and fight the “legal nihilism” he says is slowing the country’s development.
“An insufficient level of legal culture and consciousness and legal nihilism among Russian citizens pose a serious problem in implementing the rule of law,” according to a document posted on the Kremlin website today. This threatens property rights and helps promote alcoholism, drug addiction, prostitution and domestic violence, according to the policy.