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
- FEBRUARY 25, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Justice Minister Yuri Chaika said he was opposed...
Russian Justice Minister Yuri Chaika said he was opposed to the idea to lift the moratorium on death penalties in the country.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. COUNCIL OF EUROPE INSISTS ON MONITORING HUMAN RIGHTS IN COUNTRY
setting the stage for another spat between Western-run rights and democracy groups and Moscow, the Council of Europe's Secretary General Terry Davis said ahead of talks with Russian officials that Moscow still lacked respect for human rights.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. DUMA COMMITTEE AGAINST REINSTATING THE DEATH PENALTY
the Russian State Duma legislation committee would not support an initiative by a number of deputies to reinstate the death penalty in Russia.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
the Council of the Duma recommended to put on the chamber's agenda...
the Council of the Duma recommended to put on the chamber's agenda...
- FEBRUARY 10, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
the Russian State Duma Council's decision to back plans to put...
the Russian State Duma Council's decision to back plans to put...
- JANUARY 1, 2005RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia is committed to abolishing the death penalty as a member of the Council of Europe (since February 28, 1996).
Russia is committed to abolishing the death penalty as a member of the Council of Europe (since February 28, 1996).
- OCTOBER 22, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chairman of the State Duma Security Committee Vladimir...
Chairman of the State Duma Security Committee Vladimir Vasilyev said the country should not hurry with the annulment of the death penalty moratorium
- OCTOBER 6, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Russian State...
Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Russian State Duma Committee for Foreign Affairs, said that the Russian delegation didn't intend to raise the question of introduction of the death penalty for terrorists at the current regular "We've discussed the iss
- SEPTEMBER 29, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Signatures in support for death penalty for terrorists...
Signatures in support for death penalty for terrorists and their accomplices began to be collected in the Kemerovo Region of Russia
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia's State Duma rejected a proposal to revive the...
Russia's State Duma rejected a proposal to revive the death penalty following the Beslan massacre, the Moscow Times reported
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Sergey Ivanov, the first deputy chairman of the Federation...
Sergey Ivanov, the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council's commission for cooperation with the Audit Chamber, said that he did not approve of the idea of reinstating the death penalty in Russia, commenting on the respective proposal of some depu
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2004RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The issue of sentencing terrorists to death needed...
The issue of sentencing terrorists to death needed serious debate, State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov told reporters