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 14, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Governor of Novgorod region Mikhail Prusak said he...
Governor of Novgorod region Mikhail Prusak said he thinks it is premature to fully abolish the death sentence in Russia
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty should be restored in Russia and...
The death penalty should be restored in Russia and executions should be public, LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky declared at a round-table meeting titled 'The Abolishment of the Death Penalty Moratorium'
- FEBRUARY 11, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia's state...
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Russia's state prosecutors a tongue-lashing for allowing thousands of violent criminals to walk free and told them to improve the conviction rate for serious crimes
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in...
A Russian and a Ukrainian were sentenced to death in Dubai for murdering an Indian jeweller during a robbery in which they made off with $US1
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Vladimir Kalamanov, presidential human rights envoy...
Vladimir Kalamanov, presidential human rights envoy in Chechnya, expressed mixed feelings about the ban on the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian State Duma drafted an appeal to President...
The Russian State Duma drafted an appeal to President Vladimir Putin against the possible banning of the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Duma committee for legislation recommended to the...
The Duma committee for legislation recommended to the lower chamber of the Russian parliament the ratification of Protocol No
- FEBRUARY 8, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian government faces growing demands to re-institute...
The Russian government faces growing demands to re-institute the death penalty following a five-year moratorium
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Writer Anatoly Pristavkin, adviser the Russian president...
Writer Anatoly Pristavkin, adviser the Russian president Vladimir Putin on pardons, hopes that Russia "will soon bow out of the shameful list" of countries that have execution in force
- FEBRUARY 5, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Sergey Mironov, Speaker of the Federation Council (the...
Sergey Mironov, Speaker of the Federation Council (the upper house of the Russian parliament) voiced his support for the moratorium on the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 4, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian presidential aide on pardon matters and prominent...
Russian presidential aide on pardon matters and prominent writer Anatoly Pristavkin spoke out categorically against a national referendum on re-introducing the death penalty in Russia
- FEBRUARY 1, 2002RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Many Duma deputies from the pro-presidential coalition...
Many Duma deputies from the pro-presidential coalition are supporters of restoration of the death penalty