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
- JUNE 25, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Alla Dudaeva, the widow of the first Chechen president...
Alla Dudaeva, the widow of the first Chechen president Dzhokhar Dudaev, called on the Nobel Prize Committee to strip Alexander Solzhenitsyn of the title of Nobel laureate because of his speeches in favour of restoring capital punishment for "terrorists"
- JUNE 21, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Scwimmer...
Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Scwimmer asked Turkey and Russia to sign European Convention of Human Rights protocol no
- JUNE 21, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Oleg Mironov, Russian human rights ombudsman, called...
Oleg Mironov, Russian human rights ombudsman, called on politicians to give up "populist slogans" calling for the death penalty to be restored
- JUNE 18, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Sverdlovsk region governor Eduard Rossel proposed to...
Sverdlovsk region governor Eduard Rossel proposed to introduce the death penalty for drug trafficking on the entire territory of the Urals Federal District for five to six years
- JUNE 5, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The public execution of rebels, proposed by North Caucasian...
The public execution of rebels, proposed by North Caucasian military district commander General Gennady Troshev, would be akin to the Sharia courts that have repeatedly executed women and children in public, the Ataman of the Terek Cossack Troop Vasily Bo
- JUNE 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen Duma deputy Aslanbek Aslakhanov said he is...
Chechen Duma deputy Aslanbek Aslakhanov said he is ready to resign if the situation in his home republic does not change for the better
- JUNE 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Presidential Pardons Commission, which has been...
The Presidential Pardons Commission, which has been operating for nine and a half years, may soon cease operating, rumours reported by the Nezavisimaya Gazeta said
- JUNE 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
General Gennady Troshev, commander of Russia's North...
General Gennady Troshev, commander of Russia's North Caucasus Military District, said life imprisonment is too mild a punishment for Chechen terrorists who have killed dozens of civilians
- MAY 31, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe said Russia's continued refusal...
The Council of Europe said Russia's continued refusal to abolish capital punishment could jeopardise its membership of the human rights and democracy watchdog
- MAY 31, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Commander of the North Caucasus Military District...
The Commander of the North Caucasus Military District Gennadiy Troshev spoke in favour of bringing back capital punishment in Russia
- MAY 29, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In his report on the human rights situation in Russia...
In his report on the human rights situation in Russia in 2000, Ombudsman Oleg Mironov said that on the abolition of the death penalty, sociological surveys and opinion polls indicate that 71% of respondents considers capital punishment the most effective
- MAY 24, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Following his meeting with Secretary General of the...
Following his meeting with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Walter Schwimmer, Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov refused to admit a direct link between the abolishment of the death penalty and commitment to democratic values