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 27, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Chechen Interior Ministry issued a statement which...
The Chechen Interior Ministry issued a statement which noted that hostages in Russian concentration camps were being systematically beaten up with special lead-core truncheons and tortured with electricity, pulling out nails, crushing limbs, and using gas
- JUNE 26, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The "Jihad in Chechnya" web site said that civilians...
The "Jihad in Chechnya" web site said that civilians from the towns of Shali, Shatoy, Argun and Atmikli were allegedly by taken Russian forces from their houses and have not returned
- JUNE 7, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Because of the spread of AIDS in the Russian, the governor...
Because of the spread of AIDS in the Russian, the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Eduard Rossel, said there should be a referendum in the region about bringing back the death penalty for those who dealt drugs
- JUNE 7, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Army General Andrei Nikolayev, chairman of the State...
Army General Andrei Nikolayev, chairman of the State Duma lower house of parliament defence committee said that the main authority in Chechnya should be executed by a special envoy of the Russian President in the framework of the direct federal rule
- JUNE 1, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
According to the information available to the Chief...
According to the information available to the Chief of Russia's General Staff Anatoly Kvashnin, Aslan Maskhadov signed a decree ordering to expose the Chechens cooperating with federal authorities
- MAY 25, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Bashkortostan (Russia) Interior Ministry staff arrested...
Bashkortostan (Russia) Interior Ministry staff arrested a Tajik citizen (Akram Yusupov), 36, who had been hiding for over a year from Tajik law-enforcement bodies that had put him on the international wanted list
- MAY 24, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian ombudsman Oleg Mironov called on the State...
Russian ombudsman Oleg Mironov called on the State Duma lower house of parliament to ratify Protocol 6 of the European Convention abolishing the death penalty
- MAY 17, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Sergey Lavrov, Russia's representative to the United...
Sergey Lavrov, Russia's representative to the United Nations, expressed concern about the execution of prisoners of war and civilians in Afghanistan
- MAY 14, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen Interior Minister Aydamir Abalayev reported...
Chechen Interior Minister Aydamir Abalayev reported the shooting of 11 hostages in the Russian PAP 5 concentration camp situated in the city of Dzhokhar [Groznyy]
- MAY 12, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Since the fall of the capital Grozny, in February,...
Since the fall of the capital Grozny, in February, the Chechen forces have staged a series of ambushes against Russian units
- MAY 6, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Guerrillas pulled a Chechen village mayor suspect of...
Guerrillas pulled a Chechen village mayor suspect of "collaborate" out of his car and executed him summarily for working with the Russians
- APRIL 29, 2000RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In the village of Tsatsan-yurt Russian took 15 local...
In the village of Tsatsan-yurt Russian took 15 local residents hostage and executed three people for the resistance which the latter offered them