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
- MAY 10, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The number of victims of the May 9 terrorist act, committed...
The number of victims of the May 9 terrorist act, committed in Kaspiisk reached 39, said Daghestan Deputy Public Health Minister Dzhamalutdin Gasayev
- MAY 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia would vote in favor of the abolition of capital...
Russia would vote in favor of the abolition of capital punishment if all other countries followed suit, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko told Interfax
- APRIL 30, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Ayub Paikayev, who exposed links between Georgian power...
Ayub Paikayev, who exposed links between Georgian power ministries and Chechen fighters, was reportedly tried by Shari'ah law and executed in the Pankisi Gorge
- APRIL 25, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution...
Russia was a cosponsor and voted for the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 25, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Federation Council's Speaker Sergey Mironov supports...
Federation Council's Speaker Sergey Mironov supports life sentences without the right to be pardoned as an alternative to the death penalty
- APRIL 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed progress on human rights...
The Council of Europe welcomed progress on human rights in Russia but said more should be done in a number of key areas
- APRIL 23, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two...
An appeals court in Zanzibar, Tanzania, sentenced two Russians to the death penalty
- APRIL 22, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia is ready to join the convention on the abolition...
Russia is ready to join the convention on the abolition of the death penalty, Federation Council speaker Sergey Mironov said in Strasbourg taking part in a PACE [Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe] session
- APRIL 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russia escaped censure of its war record in Chechnya...
Russia escaped censure of its war record in Chechnya when the UN commission on human rights defeated a motion condemning it for alleged summary executions, torture and other violations
- APRIL 19, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Secretary General of the European Council Walter Schwimmer...
Secretary General of the European Council Walter Schwimmer has expressed concern about statements by some Russian public figures for reinstating the death penalty
- APRIL 17, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Alexander Zdanovich, Director of the Directorate of...
Alexander Zdanovich, Director of the Directorate of Programs of Assistance to the Federal Security Service, said the federal troops captured Aslan Maskhadov's archive in a special operation in Cechnya
- APRIL 15, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A number of Russian renowned scientists, writers and...
A number of Russian renowned scientists, writers and public figures have sent a letter to the State Duma, calling for the abolition of the death penalty