Russia 2001
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on Russia in 2001
- 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
- MAY 23, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Russian Revival movement announced the beginning...
The Russian Revival movement announced the beginning of a signature-collection campaign to initiate a national referendum on lifting the moratorium on capital punishment for those who organise and carry out terrorist acts
- MAY 16, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Dimitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration,...
Dimitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration, said the administration is planning to introduce juries before the end of 2002
- MAY 15, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The watchdog group Human Rights Watch urged the United...
The watchdog group Human Rights Watch urged the United States, European Union and United Nations to make Russia investigate a mass grave site discovered in the rebel Chechen Republic in February
- MAY 14, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Chechen soldiers reported that a traitor was killed...
Chechen soldiers reported that a traitor was killed in Argun because he disclosed the location of a Chechen group during a fight in the same town on May 7
- MAY 12, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) stated...
The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) stated its intention to start collecting signatures to support the introduction of the death penalty for drug distribution
- MAY 5, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Mayor of Groznyy Bislan Gantamirov has ordered...
The Mayor of Groznyy Bislan Gantamirov has ordered anyone who kills the city's Russian-speaking residents to be shot on the spot if found
- MAY 4, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
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- APRIL 29, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian writer and Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn...
Russian writer and Nobel Prize winner Alexander Solzhenitsyn stated his belief that Russia will stop terrorism only if it lifts the moratorium on capital punishment
- APRIL 25, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Federation was a cosponsor and voted in favour...
Russian Federation was a cosponsor and voted in favour of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- APRIL 20, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The UN Human Rights Commission approved a resolution...
The UN Human Rights Commission approved a resolution condemning Russia for "attacks against civilians", breach of international law, summary executions and "forced disappearances" in Chechnya
- APRIL 10, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
A Russian prosecutor called for the death penalty against...
A Russian prosecutor called for the death penalty against a Chechen separatist fighter accused of killing several Russians, including a baby, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported
- APRIL 9, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Seven people were executed by fighters from Commander...
Seven people were executed by fighters from Commander Arbi Barayev's unit in the village of Valerik of Urus-Martanovskiy District
- MARCH 26, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Stavropol region Governor Alexander Chernogorov suggested...
Stavropol region Governor Alexander Chernogorov suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin "revive the death penalty in Russia in relation to the organisers and perpetrators of terrorist attacks"
- MARCH 24, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov told the press that the death...
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov told the press that the death penalty must be applied in relation to terrorists
- MARCH 21, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The US-based Human Rights Watch urged European Union...
The US-based Human Rights Watch urged European Union leaders to press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Chechen civilians who disappeared after being in Russian custody
- MARCH 6, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Representatives from the Memorial Rights Centre have...
Representatives from the Memorial Rights Centre have said that many corpses which were found near Khankala were victims of executions by Russian service men
- MARCH 2, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Foreign Ministry of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria...
The Foreign Ministry of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria expressed its deep dissatisfaction with the lack of a proper reaction on the part of the world community to Russia's continuing atrocities against the Chechen people, after the discovery, on Februar
- JANUARY 29, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Duma member Vladislav Ignatov suggested introducing...
Duma member Vladislav Ignatov suggested introducing capital punishment for drug dealers and corrupt officials
- JANUARY 24, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Russian Main Military Prosecutor Mikhail Kislitsyn,...
Russian Main Military Prosecutor Mikhail Kislitsyn, said it was too soon for Russia to abolish the death penalty
- JANUARY 13, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that the Mojahedin Military Command...
It was reported that the Mojahedin Military Command Council had sentenced to death for being enemy conspirators and executed five people who worked in a Russian concentration camp as "torture agents" in the village of Sherkesnov
- JANUARY 5, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
Two Chechen traitors were executed in Urus-Martan after...
Two Chechen traitors were executed in Urus-Martan after the mandate issued by the Mojahedin Military Command Council
- JANUARY 1, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
In 1996, the then President Boris Yeltsin imposed a...
In 1996, the then President Boris Yeltsin imposed a moratorium on the use of capital punishment when Russia joined the Council of Europe on February 28 of that year