Russia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- semi-presidential federation
- CONSTITUTION
- December 12, 1993
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral; Federation Council (Soviet Federatsii) and State Duma (Gosudarstvennaya Duma)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; the Federation Council appoints judges for life, on the recommendation of the Head of State
RELIGIONS
15-20% Russian Orthodox; 10-15% Muslims; 2% Christians
From the country
- OCTOBER 11, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DUMA SHOULD ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY SOON - DUMA DEPUTY
the Russian parliament should ratify a document abolishing the death penalty in Russia by the end of 2005, said Chairman of the State Duma Civil, Criminal, Arbitration, and Procedural Law Committee Pavel Krasheninnikov.
- OCTOBER 11, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RUSSIA WILL TRY TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY BY THE END OF 2005 - MARGELOV
Russian institutions will make efforts to abolish the death penalty by the end of 2005, said Chairman of the Federation Council International Affairs Committee Mikhail Margelov.
- OCTOBER 9, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. COE’S HEAD REMINDS RUSSIA TO FORBID DEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis expressed hope that Russia would ratify the sixth protocol to the European Convention of Human Rights.
- OCTOBER 5, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia. Daghestan Minister Calls For Death Penalty For Terrorists
Daghestan's interior minister called for tougher punishment for alleged terrorists. In an interview with Russia's "Izvestia" daily, Adilgerei Magomedtagirov said that "terrorists" who had caused other people's deaths should themselves be sentenced to "the
- OCTOBER 4, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. RUSSIA DEMANDS EXPLANATION OVER CITIZEN FACING DEATH PENALTY IN PAKISTAN
the Russian embassy in Islamabad requested that the Pakistani Foreign Ministry provide an official explanation and organize a meeting between Russian representatives and Akhlak Akhlas, official Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin announced.
- OCTOBER 3, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. PACE WANTS RUSSIA TO RATIFY PROTOCOL ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe President Rene van der Linden said the European community would urge Russia to ratify the Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, which abolishes the death penalty, as soon as possible.
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. REFERENDUM TO DECIDE DEATH PENALTY ISSUE - GLAZIEV
abolition of the death penalty in Russia should be decided by a referendum, leader of the State Duma's Rodina fraction Sergei Glaziev said.
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. KOSACHYOV HOPES DUMA WILL OUTLAW CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
it was reported that Konstantin Kosachyov, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the State Duma, hoped that the Duma would ratify the sixth protocol of the European Convention on Human Rights, which stipulated the abolishment of capital punishment,
- AUGUST 31, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. NORTH OSSETIAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR END TO DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM
Taymuraz Mamsurov, the president of North Ossetia, a North Caucasus republic within Russia, called for the moratorium on the death penalty in the country to be ended.
- AUGUST 29, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. COUNTRY TO FINISH DEATH PENALTY DISCUSSION IN 2006, PARLIAMENTARIAN
Russia plans to finish a national discussion process on abolishing the death penalty by November 2006, Mikhail Margelov, the chairman of the Federation Council's international affairs committee, said.
- AUGUST 28, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. UNITED RUSSIA WANTS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY BEFORE 2007, RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN
the United Russia party was making concrete efforts to abolish death penalty in Russia before 2007, a member of the Russian parliament said at the opening of the Assistance to the Formation of the New Europe international seminar in Pskov.
- AUGUST 8, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DUMA LIKELY TO PASS BILL ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
the State Duma planned to pass a bill ratifying the Council of Europe's Protocol No.6 concerning abolition of the death penalty, Duma Legislation Committee Chairman Pavel Krasheninnikov said.