To change a word, it can be enough to replace a character in it. If all provisions of a law are gradually amended, a new law results.
Russians were promised free access to full judicial information, without any outtakes or savings, since July 1, 2010, when the new Law on Access to Judicial Information comes into force. But some amendments to it are already adopted by the parliament.

Russian legislation includes many laws titled like “On Making Amendments to…” Gradual, step-by-step amendments do not attract attention of the public.

On June 18, 2010, a bill titled On Making Amendments to Article 1 of the Federal Law “On Personal Data” and to Article 15 of the Federal Law “On Providing Access to Information on Activities of Courts in Russian Federation” was read for the second and immediately for the third time. It eliminates judicial warrants (containing information on fines imposed on or property withdrawn from a debtor) from the list of court decision mandatory for publication in the Internet.

Moreover, the bill requires to eliminate all personal data, including full names of court trial parties and of the judge making a decision, from the documents published. If this will be approved, nobody will be able to learn the name of a judge that has made an unlawful decision…

On June 21, at a meeting on observance of Presidential orders, Dmitry Medvedev stated that legal conscience and law observance in the country depends on how transparent court activities are and how soon information on court activities becomes accessible.

What will real access be provided to by the Law on Access to Judicial Information since July 1?