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
- JULY 18, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RF SHOULD RATIFY PROTOCOL ON DEATH PENALTY – MARGELOV
Russia should ratify the protocol on the death penalty, Chairman of the Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Mikhail Margelov said.
- JULY 8, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. KUDRIN CALLS FOR REVIVAL OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR TERRORISTS
in responce to the explosions in London on July 7, Russian Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin said: “Terrorists are to be caught and brought before court
- JULY 5, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT DECREASING, POLL
the number of supporters of capital punishment in Russia is steady on the descent, a Levada Center opinion poll found in the middle of June, having questioned 1,600 Russian men and women in 128 cities and communities in 46 regions.
- JUNE 22, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS SLAMMED BY COUNCIL OF EUROPE
issuing a damning report on human rights and democracy in Russia, Europe's rights watchdog voted to pursue its monitoring of the country's rights situation.
- MAY 27, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. CE RIGHTS CHIEF CALLS ON RUSSIA TO OUTLAW DEATH PENALTY
Russia is the only member country of the Council of Europe not to have legally abolished the death penalty...
- MAY 27, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DEPUTY SEEKS LAW ON RUSSIA'S REJECTION OF DEATH PENALTY
State Duma legislative committee chief Pavel Krasheninnikov called on the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament to adopt a bill that would confirm the abolition of the death penalty in Russia.
- MAY 27, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. RUSSIA TOO QUICK WITH DEATH PENALTY MORATORIUM IT CAN'T REVOKE, PARLIAMENTARIAN
Russia was too quick to introduce its capital punishment moratorium, Vladimir Vasilyev, State Duma member, told a news conference.
- MAY 18, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. SENIOR MP URGES ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY AHEAD OF PACE SESSION
the head of the Federation Council international affairs committee, Mikhail Margelov, said it was necessary to finalize the ratification of the sixth protocol of the Convention on Human Rights on abolishing the death penalty by the end of June 2005.
- APRIL 20, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Federation was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Russian Federation was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- MARCH 30, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. CONVICTED MURDERER PREFERS EXECUTION TO ROTTING IN JAIL
terrorised by the idea of staying behind bars for the rest of his life, Sergei Deineko, a Russian man convicted of six brutal murders turned to the Supreme Court with the unique appeal to cancel the pardon which replaced his death penalty with a life term
- FEBRUARY 25, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Speaker of the Federation Council (FC) upper house of the Russian parliament...
Speaker of the Federation Council (FC) upper house of the Russian parliament Sergei Mironov said he was "categorically opposed" to lifting the moratorium on death penalties.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia’s Deputy Prosecutor General Vladimir Kolesnikov advocated...
Russia’s Deputy Prosecutor General Vladimir Kolesnikov advocated...